Example sentences of "take [pos pn] eyes off the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The four-foot-long nozzle is heavy for me and hard to hold level , but I do not take my eyes off the spider . |
| 2 | Polly did n't dare take her eyes off the compass . |
| 3 | Major Nogin was looking expectantly towards our table and Ralph Pike could n't take his eyes off the major . |
| 4 | But he could not take his eyes off the photograph in front of him . |
| 5 | She took her eyes off the road briefly and glanced at Nicola . |
| 6 | She took her eyes off the road for an instant to glance at him . |
| 7 | ‘ How did it look ? ’ she asked Morris , not taking her eyes off the screen . |
| 8 | The driver tipped his head back , without taking his eyes off the road . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Ah , ’ he says , not taking his eyes off the ring , ‘ I opened some Valpolicella already . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Looks like some kind of a machine , ’ he admitted , fumbling for levers without taking his eyes off the screen . |
| 13 | Gav had nodded in agreement , without taking his eyes off the screen . |
| 14 | ‘ Great , ’ said Morris , not taking his eyes off the screen either . |
| 15 | Molassi took his eyes off the way ahead . |
| 16 | Sean took his eyes off the road long enough to turn and give her an astonished look . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | We all went on playing without taking our eyes off the music . |
| 21 | We took our eyes off the map to look at each other , at first in surprise and then , as the rumbling grew to a roar , in terror . |
| 22 | Without taking your eyes off the road , ‘ see ’ a parking space just where you want it , and expect it to be there . |
| 23 | This means concentrating on the tow and only taking your eyes off the towplane for a brief moment . |
| 24 | All without lifting a finger or taking your eyes off the traffic for one moment . |
| 25 | ‘ You took your eyes off the leprechaun . ’ |
| 26 | She 's she 's looked then she 's taken her eyes off the back . |
| 27 | He 'd been adjusting the driving mirror and he 'd only taken his eyes off the road for a moment . |
| 28 | He 's been sitting on the bench for the last hour and has never once taken his eyes off the shop . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 |