Example sentences of "take [pron] eyes [prep] [art] [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 | Sanchez did n't take his eyes from the pit . |
| 6 | She took her eyes off the road briefly and glanced at Nicola . |
| 7 | She took her eyes off the road for an instant to glance at him . |
| 8 | Like Diane Barker , of Bishop Auckland , a deaf teenager who passed her test first time in 1984 after having special mirrors fitted so she could lip read commands from the driving instructor without taking her eyes of the road . |
| 9 | ‘ How did it look ? ’ she asked Morris , not taking her eyes off the screen . |
| 10 | Taking her eyes from the man onstage , she gave the punters a swift once-over . |
| 11 | Without taking his eyes of the road he said , ‘ What about putting a Velcro spot under the legs , with the sticky side facing down ? ’ |
| 12 | The driver tipped his head back , without taking his eyes off the road . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ Ah , ’ he says , not taking his eyes off the ring , ‘ I opened some Valpolicella already . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Looks like some kind of a machine , ’ he admitted , fumbling for levers without taking his eyes off the screen . |
| 17 | Gav had nodded in agreement , without taking his eyes off the screen . |
| 18 | ‘ Great , ’ said Morris , not taking his eyes off the screen either . |
| 19 | ‘ Just another five minutes , ’ Nick begged , not taking his eyes from the ball as he whacked it half way down the table . |
| 20 | He threw her a quick glance , briefly taking his eyes from the road . |
| 21 | He spoke without taking his eyes from the print . |
| 22 | Molassi took his eyes off the way ahead . |
| 23 | Sean took his eyes off the road long enough to turn and give her an astonished look . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Niall took his eyes from the road long enough to glance in her direction . |
| 28 | We all went on playing without taking our eyes off the music . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Without taking your eyes off the road , ‘ see ’ a parking space just where you want it , and expect it to be there . |