Example sentences of "[pos pn] eyes off the " in BNC.

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1 When her Mum undressed her to try it on I could n't take my eyes off the lovely white underclothes she wore .
2 Finally , without taking my eyes off the flowers , I may move the vase closer , or walk around the table and look at the flowers from different angles .
3 The four-foot-long nozzle is heavy for me and hard to hold level , but I do not take my eyes off the spider .
4 my eyes off the road .
5 At 2am on Friday , opinion pollsters , who led everyone to take their eyes off the ball , were cut down to size and shown up for what they are : a waster of money
6 Hugging the ground , dodging clumps of splintered trees , hopping over hedges and walls and old fortified lines , Lambert led Kimberley and Killion so low that they had little opportunity to take their eyes off the terrain and look for balloons .
7 ‘ They could n't take their eyes off the dancers .
8 Molly asked , unable to take her eyes off the beautiful specimen .
9 The maid who opened the door to them could not take her eyes off the great fat woman in the biscuit straw hat with big cloth roses on its brim , and the cape that just covered her shoulders and showed an expanse of blue cotton bosom , the like she had never seen before .
10 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 .
11 She took her eyes off the road briefly and glanced at Nicola .
12 As well as being something of a sales ploy the synthesiser does provide warnings that the driver can hear and act on without having to take his or her eyes off the road .
13 ‘ How did it look ? ’ she asked Morris , not taking her eyes off the screen .
14 This ingenious super-wide , 180° angle rearview mirror eliminates blind spots on both sides of the car to make overtaking and reversing easier and safer , and enables the driver to keep watch on any rear-seat occupants without taking his or her eyes off the road .
15 Polly did n't dare take her eyes off the compass .
16 Julia could not take her eyes off the beautiful mare .
17 She took her eyes off the road for an instant to glance at him .
18 ‘ What does that mean ? ’ she whispered unevenly , unable to take her eyes off the dark , angular face opposite her .
19 She could n't take her eyes off the livid scratch on his nose .
20 She 's she 's looked then she 's taken her eyes off the back .
21 As I lay on O 's chest something moved me to snap the locket open , and I remember I asked , who is that ? thinking maybe this was the solution to the mystery , and he said , in the same voice that he talked with later in the night , a sleepwalker 's voice , without taking his eyes off the ceiling he said , I do n't know ; I just found it in a magazine .
22 I could n't believe it and , at the pictures , persisted in dragging them surreptitiously on and off whenever he took his eyes off the screen and looked at me .
23 The driver tipped his head back , without taking his eyes off the road .
24 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 .
25 Sean took his eyes off the road long enough to turn and give her an astonished look .
26 ‘ Looks like some kind of a machine , ’ he admitted , fumbling for levers without taking his eyes off the screen .
27 A Spanish recruit I had been playing poker against started making faces and gesturing behind the Padre 's back , when suddenly , without taking his eyes off the Frenchman to whom he had been talking , the priest jerked his elbow backwards into the Spaniard 's face , slamming him against an oven .
28 Molassi took his eyes off the way ahead .
29 He tried to keep his eyes off the little man who had emerged from the ship .
30 Gav had nodded in agreement , without taking his eyes off the screen .
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