After a time, he held something dark to his eye.

You could not just hold it to up your eyes.

He closed the door and held it to his eye.

He reached for binoculars and held them to his eyes.

The taller of the two, though, held a hand to his left eye.

Only then did he hold the wallet closer to his eyes.

He finally took the rag and held it to his eye.

"You can see them in there," she said, holding the stone close to my eyes.

She held the map up to the dragon's left eye.

I had to hold the book close to my eyes to read the minute script: January 19, 1710.