Example sentences of "[modal v] not take [pos pn] eyes " in BNC.

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1 But you still must n't take your eyes off , because that 's where you lose your power .
2 Ruth could not take her eyes off him .
3 He continued to look at her and she could not take her eyes off him .
4 The maid who opened the door to them could not take her eyes off the great fat woman in the biscuit straw hat with big cloth roses on its brim , and the cape that just covered her shoulders and showed an expanse of blue cotton bosom , the like she had never seen before .
5 But she could not take her eyes off him .
6 She could not take her eyes off Heathcliff .
7 Julia could not take her eyes off the beautiful mare .
8 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 .
9 There was something strange about these and they seemed to scare me though I could not take my eyes away .
10 Although ostensibly listening to what Jonadab was saying , he could not take his eyes off Sarah .
11 Willie could not take his eyes off him .
12 He noticed a sketch I had been doing of Miss Oliver , and could not take his eyes off it .
13 Alec could not take his eyes off her .
14 But he could not take his eyes off the photograph in front of him .
15 Jim Lester , a portly Tory MP , who was partly hidden by a pilaff , could not take his eyes off her .
16 Edward undid his tie , but for the life of him he could not take his eyes off her .
17 Bernice could n't take her eyes from the tall woman , and realized that her companions , too , must have been staring .
18 She could n't take her eyes off it .
19 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 .
20 She could n't take her eyes off the livid scratch on his nose .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 ‘ They could n't take their eyes off the dancers .
24 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 ) .
25 The little kid wanted to be an anti-star , and I could n't take my eyes off him .
26 When her Mum undressed her to try it on I could n't take my eyes off the lovely white underclothes she wore .
27 I could n't take my eyes of her .
28 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 .
29 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 .
30 He could n't take his eyes off Zambia 's stomach which was revealed quite plainly as SHe sat up in bed .
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