Example sentences of "[vb mod] n't take [pos pn] eyes 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 | I ca n't take my eyes off this beautiful woman and as if sensing my gaze she hurries off to the adjoining room to get dressed . |
| 17 | That does n't stop Ca n't Get Used To Losing You , Ca n't Take My Eyes Off You and Home Loving Man being all-time classics . |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't take my eyes off people 's footwear . |
| 19 | Bingham ca n't take his eyes off Ali ; the still life of his friend , tethered so completely , seems as incomprehensible to him as it would to others who followed the radiated glow of Ali 's invulnerability . |
| 20 | It must be love — he ca n't take his eyes off you — so why not prop your baby up in a bouncy chair , car seat or beanbag and enjoy the limelight ? |