Example sentences of "eyes [conj] [verb] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It indicates that you are unlikely to be a person who thinks she knows all the answers and would tend to overwhelm her with advice and urge her to ‘ dry your eyes and try not to think about it too much ’ ; and best of all , you care . |
| 2 | He closed his eyes and went back to sleep . |
| 3 | Erm , well as long as the child is , is young enough to believe in the bogie man , everything is fine , and that child may well go to bed on time and er , and er , shuts its eyes and goes straight to sleep er in fear . |
| 4 | He opened his eyes and reached round to find the fastener . |
| 5 | I opened my eyes and turned around to face her . |
| 6 | But as she waited an obstinately persistent sound filled her head , drove itself from ear to ear , settled over her eyes and seeped through to fill the whole arena of her cranium . |
| 7 | She rolled her eyes and wondered how to tackle it . |
| 8 | Sally held her breath as Louise fastened the multitude of little hooks and eyes and tried not to notice the little roll of fat that squeezed out above and below it . |
| 9 | The bedroom felt cold and as Fred sank to the bed with her still in his arms Carrie closed her eyes and tried not to let herself focus on the small round damp patch on the ceiling above the foot of the bed . |
| 10 | Milton and Pooley caught each other 's eyes and tried not to register disbelief . |
| 11 | She shut her eyes and tried not to think … |
| 12 | I opened my eyes and sat up to listen , with the skin furring up on my arms . |