Example sentences of "hands over [pos pn] eyes " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very out of practice at driving , she had several near-misses on the motorway and her nerves were n't helped by Perdita spending most of the journey with her hands over her eyes , as Daisy ground recalcitrant gears and proceeded in a succession of jerks down the High Streets of Oxfordshire villages . |
| 2 | She sank into the chair , her hands over her eyes . |
| 3 | Suddenly Emily was weeping , she put her hands over her eyes fighting the feelings of pain and frustration . |
| 4 | Carrie screamed and put her hands over her eyes . |
| 5 | She heard the bedroom door open and put her hands over her eyes to shield the glare from the landing light . |
| 6 | ROS marches up behind her , puts his hands over her eyes and says with a desperate frivolity . ) |
| 7 | She cupped her hands over her eyes . |
| 8 | ‘ Anything might have happened , ’ she said , putting her hands over her eyes to shut out the horrors of the market , remembering with longing the cellophane-wrapped , refrigerated coolness of the shops at home . |
| 9 | Lou put her hands over her eyes . |
| 10 | Eleanor released her grip on the pedestal and put her hands over her eyes , rocking to and fro and moaning , ‘ I ca n't bear it , I ca n't bear it ! ’ |
| 11 | And when Gabriel saw Izzie 's cropped head turn away from the stage , her hands over her eyes , he suddenly wished the play was over . |
| 12 | I put my hands over my eyes to shut out my fears : I 'd never seen a dead person before . |
| 13 | As they banged the door shut , the vibration set Granny 's chair rocking and I put my hands over my eyes . |
| 14 | I put my hands over my eyes and I just cried . |
| 15 | I put my hands over my eyes . |
| 16 | ‘ Do n't put your hands over my eyes while I 'm driving , there 's a good girl . ’ |
| 17 | Angalo put his hands over his eyes . |
| 18 | Unable to continue , Will put his hands over his eyes and the tears flowed through his small thin fingers . |
| 19 | He cried bitterly all day , and when the long night came , he spread his little hands over his eyes to shut out the darkness , and tried to sleep . |
| 20 | He says that he jumped clear with his hands over his eyes to stop them burning . |
| 21 | He sat crouching where he had fallen , his head resting on his knees , his hands over his eyes . |
| 22 | Tim , put your hands over your eyes . |