Example sentences of "never [verb] [pron] eyes off " in BNC.
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1 | Helen , never taking her eyes off Alexandra , craned sideways so that she could wind a finger round and round in a hole in her black stocking . |
2 | Tricia backed her way out , never taking her eyes off me or letting her bearings slip . |
3 | Hazel , never taking his eyes off it , heard three or four of the others coming up behind him . |
4 | Beth never took her eyes off the little group ; Cissie , who was now a young lady of exceptional prettiness and who was hugging her brother for the umpteenth time ; and Beth 's own son Richard … now six years old and growing more like Tyler every day ; and David , a quiet man , a man who was too gentle , a man still dominated by the monster who had raised him . |
5 | You simply stood by the grill and never took your eyes off it until it was the colour you wanted . |
6 | I do n't know whether it contributed much — one never knows oneself whether it contributes or nOt — but I never took my eyes off Peter during this scene , willed him to do this , that and the other , and was saddened and grieved and distressed by the fact that everybody turned against him at the end . |
7 | And then Mother would look from Boy to the other man who was also there every night and never took his eyes off her when she sang , O , and she 'd sing the next lines to him , take these lips , take these arms … ca n't you see ? |
8 | Helping herself , Daisy noticed he never took his eyes off the play and was now turning on the windscreen wipers to watch a dark-haired boy coax a fat roan pony down the field . |
9 | Agrippa never took his eyes off mine . |
10 | Beginners often make the mistake of looking down when they are moving from one position to another , thus breaking the cardinal first rule of combat , which is never to take your eyes off your opponent . |
11 | ‘ And I never take my eyes off him during the show . |
12 | ‘ I should keep you here , lock you up in my cave , never take my eyes off you . |