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 | In baggy collarless cream shirt and hip-hugging chino trousers he looked so overwhelmingly attractive that she could n't drag her eyes away . |
| 6 | I released her fingers but I could n't drag my eyes away from the gleam of gold as it winked tantalisingly at me . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |