Example sentences of "[noun] could [adv] take [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bernice could n't take her eyes from the tall woman , and realized that her companions , too , must have been staring . |
| 2 | While stressing IBM good behaviour , IBM chairman John Opel in a speech in London in May 1984 told Europeans that IBM could always take its investment elsewhere . |
| 3 | Ruth could not take her eyes off him . |
| 4 | And her husband could n't take his eyes off her . |
| 5 | Julia could not take her eyes off the beautiful mare . |
| 6 | Willie could not take his eyes off him . |
| 7 | This caused me to run out of aft trim i.e. I could n't take my hands off — and she did n't feel quite so rock-like and stable coming down the last few hundred feet , but the resulting touchdown was smoother and shorter . |
| 8 | Major Nogin was looking expectantly towards our table and Ralph Pike could n't take his eyes off the major . |
| 9 | Coffin could n't take his eyes off it . |
| 10 | There was this rather famous instance where he had to scrub the floor while Pamela and I were having a long and involved discussion , but I was told that people could n't take their eyes off him . |
| 11 | Defries , Daak and Ace could n't take their eyes from it as the shuttle took them inexorably towards it and it grew across the window . |
| 12 | But doctors say a smaller chair could n't take her body weight . |
| 13 | If you prove your ability there are good career prospects and , further promotion could soon take your salary up to £22,135 . |
| 14 | My men could hardly take their eyes off them . ’ |
| 15 | Alec could not take his eyes off her . |
| 16 | He ate so swiftly that Libby could n't take her eyes off him ; she remembered all they were told about behaving properly and eating slowly . |
| 17 | Over the next few afternoons Mrs Phelps could hardly take her eyes from the small girl sitting for hour after hour in the big armchair at the far end of the room with the book on her lap . |
| 18 | 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 . |