Example sentences of "[noun pl] closed and [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyes closed and he slept . |
| 2 | It was only as his eyes closed and he drifted into sleep that Corbett realised the wine must have been lightly laced with a sleeping potion . |
| 3 | He drank it , she dandled him on her knee ; presently his eyes closed and he slept again , so that Mary could return him to his cradle . |
| 4 | And Preston sat there beside her , patting her ineffectually on the shoulder , saying , ‘ It 's all right , it 's all right , really , it 's all right , ’ until finally the sobbing stopped , too , and her eyes closed and she gave a great , shuddering sigh and slept . |
| 5 | Her eyes closed and she turned her head to one side . |
| 6 | Behind the sunglasses her eyes closed and she slept — and for the first time in ages slept dreamlessly . |
| 7 | ‘ I wonder … ’ she murmured as her eyes closed and she began drifting slowly off to sleep . |
| 8 | They made love a third time before falling into an exhaustion that was beyond pleasure , their naked bodies sprawled together , arms and legs tangled , and when they woke up late the next day Damian made love to her again until her eyes closed and she shuddered in hot delirium against him . |
| 9 | Er , I 've been robbed and swindled , er I was burgled two months ago , my house was wrecked all my jewellery every thing taken simply because I had left my windows open slightly , now I 've got to sleep at night with all my windows closed and I do n't get a good nights sleep apart from feeling insecure any way and er the swindle er I trusted people and now I ca n't trust any body and that leaves you feeling very insecure . |