Example sentences of "i close my eyes " in BNC.

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1 I close my eyes and forget the world .
2 Then I had to come back — and into this — and do you know — ’ ( he leant towards her ) ‘ even now I close my eyes and think of her , otherwise I ca n't make love — ’ He was still living on that charmed island of experience in the past .
3 ‘ If I close my eyes , I can still feel the g build as the world smoothly revolves and that bright red tip-tank carves its silent arc across the azure of my mind 's eye ’ .
4 But when I close my eyes , strain my stomach and clench my fist I can still feel the g build as the world smoothly revolves and I see that bright red tip tank carve its silent arc across the azure of my mind 's sky and remember .
5 When I close my eyes and imagine fatherhood , I see all the standard clichés : John Jr walking with me in the park , a football dribbling at his chubby little feet ; John Jr passing me a spanner as I lie underneath the motorbike ; John Jr asking me to read him that story one more time because I read it so well .
6 ‘ My brain has been involved with violence when I was a kid so much that , when I close my eyes , I see burning houses .
7 I close my eyes .
8 I close my eyes and imagine
9 I 'm thinking there might be something wrong with my plan to wait as I close my eyes ( only to rest them ) , but even as I yawn and put my hands into my armpits I think a spot of rest is n't such a bad idea so long as I do n't fall asleep .
10 Besides , if I close my eyes you are the handsomest of men ! ’
11 If I close my eyes , I can see him .
12 When it 's been a bad time and we sulk and grunt and ignore each other , I close my eyes and remember it all . ’
13 I close my eyes and swallow a gulp of Retsina .
14 I close my eyes .
15 I close my eyes ; just the sight of her is riling me .
16 I close my eyes .
17 But I keep ra every time I close my eyes I keep wondering if she 's gon na pop up with the same er
18 I close my eyes
19 I close my eyes
20 I close my eyes , drew back you sing , you put some on
21 Fiona 's face seemed very real as I closed my eyes and scenes of the Highlands passed before me .
22 I closed my eyes for the rest of the journey as it had been a busy two days and I did n't feel lik& going to the council offices either , It would be too late anyway so I decided to take a stroll by the river and see how Nigel was getting on with the excavations .
23 I closed my eyes weakly .
24 I closed my eyes .
25 I closed my eyes but seconds later there was a scream and the sound of crashing undergrowth ; Matata had found a snake curled up in the warm ash of the fire .
26 I was suppressing my feelings , and was often to see the photograph in the evenings when I closed my eyes .
27 I closed my eyes and conjured up my whispering vision : the great log fire , the rocking chairs , Somebody knitting and listening , me talking .
28 I closed my eyes .
29 I closed my eyes and clutched a handful of mane .
30 I closed my eyes against the sun and against the confusion of my thoughts .
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