Example sentences of "not take his eyes off " in BNC.

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1 He spoke slowly to the children and did not take his eyes off them as he spoke .
2 Although ostensibly listening to what Jonadab was saying , he could not take his eyes off Sarah .
3 Willie could not take his eyes off him .
4 He noticed a sketch I had been doing of Miss Oliver , and could not take his eyes off it .
5 He did not take his eyes off me .
6 Alec could not take his eyes off her .
7 But he could not take his eyes off the photograph in front of him .
8 Jim Lester , a portly Tory MP , who was partly hidden by a pilaff , could not take his eyes off her .
9 Dr Ali did not take his eyes off his face .
10 Edward undid his tie , but for the life of him he could not take his eyes off her .
11 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 .
12 He could n't take his eyes off Zambia 's stomach which was revealed quite plainly as SHe sat up in bed .
13 And her husband could n't take his eyes off her .
14 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 ?
15 Major Nogin was looking expectantly towards our table and Ralph Pike could n't take his eyes off the major .
16 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 .
17 Coffin could n't take his eyes off it .
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