Example sentences of "could not [vb infin] [pos pn] eyes [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | There was something strange about these and they seemed to scare me though I could not take my eyes away . |
| 3 | But she found that she could not tear her eyes away from him . |
| 4 | For a moment Lisa could not tear her eyes away . |
| 5 | She could not believe her eyes when she saw the Tillers being marched off in the crocodile line to the English Girls ' Club after rehearsals . |
| 6 | Dear old Joe simply could not believe his eyes when he and I entered Miss Havisham 's room the next day . |
| 7 | In baggy collarless cream shirt and hip-hugging chino trousers he looked so overwhelmingly attractive that she could n't drag her eyes away . |
| 8 | I released her fingers but I could n't drag my eyes away from the gleam of gold as it winked tantalisingly at me . |
| 9 | Two wheels , round and round , he could n't take his eyes away , and this time it 'd be like worship , I dreamed that we were made of gold , he 'd seen too much , his eyes were gold , they 'd have to melt them down . |
| 10 | There were deep shadows across the room now and his face was in one of them so she could n't see his eyes clearly . |
| 11 | She found she could n't tear her eyes away , and when he managed to get his second boot off and threw it to one side , then lifted his head , she was still staring . |
| 12 | Unlike the adults , who are used to seeing people looking at them through the underwater viewing window , the baby could n't believe her eyes when she saw people under the water and kept going back down to have another look . |
| 13 | MARGARET WINDSOR , a mathematical modeller in Harwell 's Combustion Centre could n't believe her eyes when she arrived for work . |
| 14 | Kenneth Stanley from Telford could n't believe his eyes when he saw a gaping hole where his pond used to be . |
| 15 | He ate his meals with them , and could n't believe his eyes when he saw them saying grace . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ I just could n't believe my eyes when I opened the box and a small white West Highland Terrier looking up at me . |