Example sentences of "i close my eyes [coord] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I closed my eyes and waited to die . |
| 2 | I closed my eyes and listened to the cracks and smashes until one especially loud thump ended in a low buzz telephones do n't usually make ; then I put the phone down again , turned , looked upward , and set wearily off , back up the stairs . |
| 3 | I closed my eyes and clutched a handful of mane . |
| 4 | I closed my eyes and spurred my horse forward , my huge sword rising and falling as if I was the Grim Reaper himself . |
| 5 | I closed my eyes and thought back . |
| 6 | I closed my eyes and thought about the trapped , compressed spring and the little slug sitting at the shiny bottom of the rifled tube . |
| 7 | I closed my eyes and began to pole . |
| 8 | I closed my eyes and tried to think of Toby — just his face . |
| 9 | I closed my eyes and conjured up my whispering vision : the great log fire , the rocking chairs , Somebody knitting and listening , me talking . |
| 10 | I closed my eyes and invoked the Madonna . |
| 11 | I closed my eyes and opened them again . |
| 12 | I closed my eyes and watched the sheets of warm colour that came as I relaxed or increased the tension of the lids . |
| 13 | I closed my eyes and grasped the legs as my master picked up the corpse by the shoulders . |
| 14 | I closed my eyes and concentrated on the voice , and I thought it was n't you , but I did n't really know . |