Example sentences of "could not [vb infin] [pos pn] eyes from " in BNC.
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| 1 | She told herself that if she did not look up she would not need to see it and after a while this not-looking would become habitual , but in the event she could not prevent her eyes from turning up to the campanile . |
| 2 | McAllister could not prevent her eyes from straying to his newspaper . |
| 3 | And try as she might she could not detach her eyes from the object on the table that had so totally winded her . |
| 4 | Try as she might , she could n't stop her eyes from straying back in his direction time and time again , and every time they had it was to see that same unfathomable look on his face . |
| 5 | Mike took one look at her furious face , and Ace 's flabbergasted one , and put up a hand to hide his mouth , but he could n't stop his eyes from dancing with amusement . |
| 6 | Bernice could n't take her eyes from the tall woman , and realized that her companions , too , must have been staring . |
| 7 | Defries , Daak and Ace could n't take their eyes from it as the shuttle took them inexorably towards it and it grew across the window . |
| 8 | It was true , I could n't keep my eyes from sprinting up her slim ankles , and fell-walking the contour lines of her sharp shoulders and her breasts , breasts that were improbably close to her scenic collar bone . |