Example sentences of "i could not [vb infin] [pos pn] eyes " in BNC.
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1 | I released her fingers but I could n't drag my eyes away from the gleam of gold as it winked tantalisingly at me . |
2 | I woke up yesterday morning , I could n't open my eyes ! |
3 | That night I could n't close my eyes , the slightest creaking of the furniture announcing the imminent arrival of the undead . |
4 | The little kid wanted to be an anti-star , and I could n't take my eyes off him . |
5 | When her Mum undressed her to try it on I could n't take my eyes off the lovely white underclothes she wore . |
6 | I could n't take my eyes of her . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | I could n't believe my eyes ! |
10 | I could n't believe my eyes . |
11 | I could n't believe my eyes when the consultant in charge of my pregnancy came round the antenatal ward in my local hospital , puffing away on a cigar . |
12 | I could n't believe my eyes . |
13 | When I found out what was going on I persuaded the colonel to go for a little holiday — and then , ’ he continued angrily when Hilary snorted derisively again , ‘ when I did meet you , I could n't believe my eyes . |
14 | ‘ I could n't believe my eyes , Leonora , when I saw you standing in the middle of the room down there . |
15 | When I first saw him I could n't believe my eyes — he was dressed from head to toe in khaki . |
16 | I crossed the Thames at Tower Bridge and walked further south than I had ever been before , and when I arrived at the rival market I could n't believe my eyes . |
17 | It was true , I could n't keep my eyes from sprinting up her slim ankles , and fell-walking the contour lines of her sharp shoulders and her breasts , breasts that were improbably close to her scenic collar bone . |
18 | Three hours later they were still asking me questions and I could n't keep my eyes open . |
19 | That 's why I could n't keep my eyes ! |
20 | I looked uneasily at Martinho , who no doubt was n't too happy either , except I could n't see his eyes . |
21 | I could not open my eyes . |
22 | I could not believe my eyes as every film , one after the other , that I lifted dripping from the hypo , was totally and absolutely blank . |
23 | My insomnia became chronic whenever Dana stayed the night , simply because I could not take my eyes away from his sleeping form beneath the bedside lamps . |
24 | There was something strange about these and they seemed to scare me though I could not take my eyes away . |