Example sentences of "over [pos pn] eyes and [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took a deep breath , pulled the cabby cap down over my eyes and knocked seven bells out of the Cornish pixie . |
| 2 | Donna cupped one hand over her eyes and saw the lights of King 's Cross through the window as the train slowed to a crawl , preparatory to gliding to a halt . |
| 3 | Miss Stoner put her hand over her eyes and cried for a minute . |
| 4 | With that Geoffrey promptly put the Panama back over his eyes and muttered himself nearly back to sleep again . |
| 5 | St Ives shouted , ‘ Can you hear me , mother ? ’ , and everyone laughed , and then Meredith pulled the hood of his duffle coat over his eyes and lay full length in the centre aisle and moaned . |
| 6 | This man 's joy at his team 's win greatly tempered his reaction at being jabbed in the chest by a vigorous old Irish American , but even he had to retaliate when Uncle Mick pulled his cap down over his eyes and shoved him back in his seat . |