Example sentences of "[pos pn] eyes against the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I closed my eyes against the sun and against the confusion of my thoughts . |
| 2 | As I screwed up my eyes against the dazzle , trying to see the creature so that I might describe it to Crispin , it vanished . |
| 3 | Gazzer , a strange , urgent little figure , hurrying among them with a bloodstained rag round his right hand , dressed in filthy black trousers and a black anorak , made one or two people shield their eyes against the sun and , with lazy curiosity , prop themselves up on one elbow to follow his progress through the gardens . |
| 4 | He nodded , and she looked away , closing her eyes against the sting of tears . |
| 5 | She leaned for a few minutes on the stone parapet overlooking the river , shading her eyes against the glitter of sunlight on the water and feeling its warmth soaking into her bones , before crossing the road and plunging into the narrow streets of the old town . |
| 6 | ‘ Something like that , ’ he said , and she fell sideways onto his lap and shut her eyes against the whirling room , her cheek stuck to the little glass circle of the monocle balanced on his chest . |
| 7 | She shaded her eyes against the sun . |
| 8 | At the sound of her flying footsteps , a small dog trotted out and barked at her , and a woman emerged from the farmhouse itself , shading her eyes against the sun . |
| 9 | Adjusting her position and half closing her eyes against the sun , she too stared out over the garden , waiting for him to get to the point . |
| 10 | His hand slid over her breast to sweep the curve of her narrow waist , then settled on her hip , and she closed her eyes against the river of heat his touch sent coursing through her veins . |
| 11 | She closed her eyes against the flicker of fear running through her veins . |
| 12 | She closed her eyes against the play of gold and green light . |
| 13 | Floating beyond the foam , she closed her eyes against the sin . |
| 14 | She lifted her face to the sun , half closing her eyes against the silver dazzle that bounced across the water , breathing deeply on the tangle-scented air . |
| 15 | She 's got a fag in her mouth , and she 's squinting her eyes against the smoke . |
| 16 | ‘ Mm , ’ she grunted , closing her eyes against the glare . |
| 17 | Richard shook his head and closed his eyes against the pain his memories brought . |
| 18 | Shielding his eyes against the dust and heat with an upraised arm , he limped back to the corner and peered round . |
| 19 | Do n't think , look , he screamed against the desire to shut his eyes against the terror of the fall . |
| 20 | Its talons whipped out and embedded themselves into the boy 's skull , using the emptied eye sockets as a means of entry and Nuadu , narrowing his eyes against the dimness , saw that the talons were in fact hollow tubes , thin transparent bones . |
| 21 | A dark speck marred the faultless blue of the sky , He screwed up his eyes against the glare . |
| 22 | Laidlaw shielded his eyes against the glare of the headlights , trying to distinguish the make and colour of the car . |
| 23 | Jehan closed his eyes against the glare . |
| 24 | But , although Robert strained his eyes against the glass , he could see nothing but impenetrable blackness beyond the hectic yellows and reds cast by the candles . |