Example sentences of "could [adv] take his [noun] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although ostensibly listening to what Jonadab was saying , he could not take his eyes off Sarah . |
| 2 | Willie could not take his eyes off him . |
| 3 | He noticed a sketch I had been doing of Miss Oliver , and could not take his eyes off it . |
| 4 | Alec could not take his eyes off her . |
| 5 | But he could not take his eyes off the photograph in front of him . |
| 6 | Jim Lester , a portly Tory MP , who was partly hidden by a pilaff , could not take his eyes off her . |
| 7 | Edward undid his tie , but for the life of him he could not take his eyes off her . |
| 8 | When he looked up the light was pearly and the sky a blue so tender he could hardly take his eyes off it , with the result that on several occasions he collided with people coming the other way . |
| 9 | He could n't take his eyes off Zambia 's stomach which was revealed quite plainly as SHe sat up in bed . |
| 10 | And her husband could n't take his eyes off her . |
| 11 | Major Nogin was looking expectantly towards our table and Ralph Pike could n't take his eyes off the major . |
| 12 | Tommy , who was accompanying them on the mouth-organ , noticed that Charlie could n't take his eyes off Rose the barmaid who , although on the wrong side of thirty , never stopped flirting with the young recruits . |
| 13 | Coffin could n't take his eyes off it . |