Example sentences of "[vb mod] n't [verb] [pos pn] [noun pl] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could n't take her eyes off it . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She could n't take her eyes off the livid scratch on his nose . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ They could n't take their eyes off the dancers . |
| 6 | As Janet Baker , the singer , wrote , about going to hear her colleague Lena Horne perform : ‘ We could n't take our eyes off her , she has the charisma , the beauty , which comes from great discipline ’ ( Full Circle , Penguin , 1984 ) . |
| 7 | The little kid wanted to be an anti-star , and I could n't take my eyes off him . |
| 8 | When her Mum undressed her to try it on I could n't take my eyes off the lovely white underclothes she wore . |
| 9 | I could n't take my eyes off her as she swivelled to rinse the mud from her legs , then flexed her arms , swept back her hair to shake it , and the motion rippled through her body . |
| 10 | I could n't take my eyes off him at the office and five o'clock was such a wrench — all those hours before I would see him again . |
| 11 | He could n't take his eyes off Zambia 's stomach which was revealed quite plainly as SHe sat up in bed . |
| 12 | And her husband could n't take his eyes off her . |
| 13 | Major Nogin was looking expectantly towards our table and Ralph Pike could n't take his eyes off the major . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Coffin could n't take his eyes off it . |
| 16 | The woman could n't keep her hands off her . |
| 17 | ‘ Could n't keep her hands off anything in trousers . ’ |
| 18 | You could n't keep your hands off me then . ’ |
| 19 | I have never found the sight of a grown man in a false moustache pretending to walk into lamp-posts remotely funny , and even less amusing is the story of a miserly workaholic who could n't keep his hands off under-age girls . |
| 20 | He could n't keep his hands off her . ’ |
| 21 | He could n't keep his hands off women , and most likely , under his brown flawless skin , he was riddled with disease — disease he had caught from the soft , unwholesome flesh of nameless women . |
| 22 | In the other corner , Carmella had her hand in Joey 's , who , as usual , could n't keep his eyes off Noreen . |
| 23 | We sat down then and all the time he was eating Frankie could n't keep his eyes off her or the things that surrounded him . |
| 24 | He could n't keep his eyes off Ace . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , whether she indulged in a spot of matchmaking or not , when we got inside that barn I could n't keep my hands off you , ’ Vitor said , and a smile appeared in the corner of his mouth . |
| 26 | Could n't keep our hands off each other . |
| 27 | for those first few weeks we could n't keep our eyes off each other . |
| 28 | ‘ You see , cariad , the gentlemen ca n't keep their eyes off you . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Are you having the nerve to complain because I ca n't keep my hands off your wonderful body ? ’ he growled with mock-ferocity . |
| 30 | At night see he ca n't leave him alone he sits there and he goes or something like that and jumps on him and gives him a I ca n't keep my hands off that dog ! |