Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] my eyes " in BNC.
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1 | It was Richard who suggested — off screen this time ! — that I should get my eyes tested . |
2 | I 'll rest my eyes , if you do n't mind . ’ |
3 | ‘ And I 'm sure I 'll have my eyes done one day . ’ |
4 | I 'll close my eyes till we 've crawled over here . |
5 | ‘ I 'll close my eyes , how 's that ? ’ |
6 | ‘ I 'll close my eyes , ’ he said . |
7 | Well it 's alright I 'll keep my eyes open and if I see it I 'll pick it up . |
8 | It 's alright I 'll shut my eyes . |
9 | My eye fell on a page she had left on the kitchen table the other day and I had noted , before I could avert my eyes , a pretty scholarly history of my conversion to double-knotting , after an incident when I was unable to get out of the train at Greenwich one evening and found myself being carried on to Maze Hill , because someone was standing on the trailing lace of my shoe . |
10 | Doubtless the authorities would not heed my plea , but here in County Fermanagh I could feast my eyes on red pillar boxes to my heart 's content . |
11 | Although my paralysis was pretty well complete , I did find that I could move my eyes . |
12 | From time to time I 'd close my eyes |
13 | I mean I would open my eyes and see myself like that , wake up and then I 'd bounce off the bed and then I 'd sit there bouncing and , and but I have n't had that in a long time and wh when I thought now a lot of times , if I think that I leave either the front door unlocked , my house unlocked or the garage door open I go and actually check that in the middle of the night . |
14 | ‘ I would howl my eyes out , ’ she said . |
15 | If I can lift my eyes from pots and pans |
16 | They were good to me , too , and I recall young John Thwaites being sent down to our farm one Christmas with such a big rosy red apple that I can close my eyes and still see it now . |
17 | I can close my eyes whenever I want to , and just see it : I 'll run and run to meet you , and hug you , and hold you close , and we 'll kiss and kiss and never stop … |
18 | It 's all right for me — I can close my eyes for a moment , and stroke my beard , and make little gasping noises to myself . |