Example sentences of "i close my eyes " in BNC.
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| 31 | I closed my eyes , pretending it had really happened . |
| 32 | I closed my eyes , fighting against the cold waves of faintness ; they enclosed me in ice and receded , leaving me numb , facing the red horizon . |
| 33 | I closed my eyes and I got a different feeling |
| 34 | I closed my eyes . |
| 35 | I closed my eyes and tried to think of Toby — just his face . |
| 36 | I closed my eyes tightly because this silly new pain was going to make me cry . |
| 37 | I closed my eyes while he was gone . |
| 38 | He put his arm round me and I closed my eyes . |
| 39 | I closed my eyes and concentrated on the voice , and I thought it was n't you , but I did n't really know . |
| 40 | I closed my eyes and waited to die . |
| 41 | I closed my eyes , and once more put palms together . |
| 42 | I could only lie there staring , burning more pages to hold back the dark , because every time I closed my eyes I saw the same thing : the dark shadow of a manlike creature with shoulders curving up in two great arcs on either side of its head … |
| 43 | I closed my eyes to shut out the glow from the cloverleaf window and tried for sleep . |
| 44 | I closed my eyes tight for once and placed my palms together . |
| 45 | I closed my eyes . |
| 46 | I closed my eyes . |
| 47 | I closed my eyes and watched the sheets of warm colour that came as I relaxed or increased the tension of the lids . |
| 48 | I closed my eyes and invoked the Madonna . |
| 49 | My feet just about worked , like heavy blobs at the end of bendy pipe-cleaners , I sat through assembly with all the voices and music floating over me , and every time I closed my eyes I saw Julie lying in the road . |
| 50 | I closed my eyes in reverence as I chewed then as I reached for the pint pot again I looked up at the small figure on the bin . |
| 51 | He seized a horrible pair of forceps and I closed my eyes as he started flexing his muscles . |
| 52 | " Just a couple of stitches , " he muttered hoarsely , and I closed my eyes again . |
| 53 | He drove in silence then and I closed my eyes , pretending I was asleep , my head nodding , and all the time my mind reaching forward to the future , trying to visualise what it would be like on the boat . |
| 54 | I closed my eyes . |
| 55 | Sad , nostalgic , the countryside had hardly changed and , if I closed my eyes at certain parts , I was back with Master Benjamin and all those people , now long dead , travelling to a place where conspiracy , treason and sudden death became part of the very fabric of our lives . |
| 56 | I closed my eyes and thought back . |
| 57 | I closed my eyes and began to pole . |
| 58 | I closed my eyes for a second . |
| 59 | I closed my eyes . |
| 60 | I closed my eyes in disgust . |