Example sentences of "n't take [pos pn] eyes off " in BNC.

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1 There was this rather famous instance where he had to scrub the floor while Pamela and I were having a long and involved discussion , but I was told that people could n't take their eyes off him .
2 ‘ They could n't take their eyes off the dancers .
3 She did n't take her eyes off him for a moment .
4 She could n't take her eyes off it .
5 He ate so swiftly that Libby could n't take her eyes off him ; she remembered all they were told about behaving properly and eating slowly .
6 She did n't take her eyes off Frank .
7 She could n't take her eyes off the livid scratch on his nose .
8 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 .
9 He could n't take his eyes off Zambia 's stomach which was revealed quite plainly as SHe sat up in bed .
10 And her husband could n't take his eyes off her .
11 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 ?
12 Major Nogin was looking expectantly towards our table and Ralph Pike could n't take his eyes off the major .
13 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 .
14 Coffin could n't take his eyes off it .
15 I ca n't take my eyes off this beautiful woman and as if sensing my gaze she hurries off to the adjoining room to get dressed .
16 The little kid wanted to be an anti-star , and I could n't take my eyes off him .
17 When her Mum undressed her to try it on I could n't take my eyes off the lovely white underclothes she wore .
18 That does n't stop Ca n't Get Used To Losing You , Ca n't Take My Eyes Off You and Home Loving Man being all-time classics .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 ‘ I ca n't take my eyes off people 's footwear .
22 As Janet Baker , the singer , wrote , about going to hear her colleague Lena Horne perform : ‘ We could n't take our eyes off her , she has the charisma , the beauty , which comes from great discipline ’ ( Full Circle , Penguin , 1984 ) .
23 But do n't take your eyes off those Australians .
24 ‘ Do n't any of you move an inch from here and do n't take your eyes off those bundles .
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