Example sentences of "take her [noun] off the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , your Lucy has got you winding her chain , darling , and she just wo n't take her feet off the ground and let go — am I right ? ’ |
| 2 | Polly did n't dare take her eyes off the compass . |
| 3 | She took her foot off the accelerator and put it on the brake , and as the car slowed she could see now that it was a child , a toddler with a red woolly hat on . |
| 4 | Swiftly Nora took her foot off the jar and , while Bryant was busy retrieving what was left of his beer , she darted forward and whisked the bag from under the girl . |
| 5 | She took her jacket off the hook and poked it above the suitcase , so that she had a free hand … |
| 6 | Alexandra took her hands off the keyboard . |
| 7 | She kept her eyes on the traffic , took her hand off the gear-stick briefly , patted my leg , then withdrew her hand to change gear . |
| 8 | She quickly left the room , took her coat off the hat-stand in the hallway and left . |
| 9 | Ace took her finger off the button . |
| 10 | She took her finger off the button . |
| 11 | Screwing up her courage , she deliberately took her finger off the button . |
| 12 | She took her eyes off the road briefly and glanced at Nicola . |
| 13 | She took her eyes off the road for an instant to glance at him . |
| 14 | ‘ How did it look ? ’ she asked Morris , not taking her eyes off the screen . |
| 15 | Other times she would go down to the galley to prepare a meal , which might have taken her mind off the water but rarely did . |
| 16 | She 's she 's looked then she 's taken her eyes off the back . |
| 17 | Anything to take her mind off the prospect of three weeks spent in enforced close proximity to Niall Grant . |
| 18 | Her stomach was doing weird things , and she was about to launch into some inane chit-chat to take her mind off the sensation when Nicole , while paying for the dress , said to her , ‘ Actually , I want to speak with you . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Why did I have to fall for a suicidal maniac ? ’ she asked herself , and cleaned the flat from top to bottom to take her mind off the image of Jack dangling on the end of a rope above a muddy slit somewhere in subterranean Yorkshire ! |
| 20 | ‘ What does that mean ? ’ she whispered unevenly , unable to take her eyes off the dark , angular face opposite her . |
| 21 | Rory turned her attention to the road ahead , gripped by two almost equally powerful temptations — the first being to take her hands off the wheel and shake Candy by the shoulders for being so infuriating . |