Example sentences of "eye and [vb past] for " in BNC.

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1 He just shut his eyes and hoped for the best .
2 He opened his eyes and searched for a break in the streaming fog .
3 He shaded his eyes and blinked for a few seconds until he had adjusted to the change .
4 He closed his eyes and waited for the pupils to widen .
5 Yanto closed his eyes and waited for the inevitable .
6 Again Hassan closed his eyes and waited for a second .
7 Fabia stirred , awakened in her hotel bedroom that Monday and , as memory awakened with her , she abruptly closed her lovely green eyes and wished for a moment that she were back in England .
8 Miss Stoner put her hand over her eyes and cried for a minute .
9 She closed her eyes and concentrated for a second , shaking the blues from her thoughts .
10 She said that she 'd be happy with wine so he caught somebody 's eye and asked for a carafe of the house red .
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