Example sentences of "[adv] took [pos pn] eyes off " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mother said she hardly took her eyes off him for a second . ’ |
| 2 | On the other hand , his SS escort rarely took his eyes off her , so she decided that perhaps he was the key to the problem . |
| 3 | Percy Makepeace , too , knew that , and seldom took his eyes off him . |
| 4 | Beth never took her eyes off the little group ; Cissie , who was now a young lady of exceptional prettiness and who was hugging her brother for the umpteenth time ; and Beth 's own son Richard … now six years old and growing more like Tyler every day ; and David , a quiet man , a man who was too gentle , a man still dominated by the monster who had raised him . |
| 5 | You simply stood by the grill and never took your eyes off it until it was the colour you wanted . |
| 6 | I do n't know whether it contributed much — one never knows oneself whether it contributes or nOt — but I never took my eyes off Peter during this scene , willed him to do this , that and the other , and was saddened and grieved and distressed by the fact that everybody turned against him at the end . |
| 7 | And then Mother would look from Boy to the other man who was also there every night and never took his eyes off her when she sang , O , and she 'd sing the next lines to him , take these lips , take these arms … ca n't you see ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Agrippa never took his eyes off mine . |