Example sentences of "[not/n't] take [pron] eyes " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruth could not take her eyes off him . |
| 2 | He continued to look at her and she could not take her eyes off him . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But she could not take her eyes off him . |
| 5 | But she did not take her eyes from Riven . |
| 6 | She could not take her eyes off Heathcliff . |
| 7 | Julia could not take her eyes off the beautiful mare . |
| 8 | And why would she not take her eyes off me ? |
| 9 | He spoke slowly to the children and did not take his eyes off them as he spoke . |
| 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 | He did not take his eyes off me . |
| 14 | Alec could not take his eyes off her . |
| 15 | But he could not take his eyes off the photograph in front of him . |
| 16 | Jim Lester , a portly Tory MP , who was partly hidden by a pilaff , could not take his eyes off her . |
| 17 | Dr Ali did not take his eyes off his face . |
| 18 | Edward undid his tie , but for the life of him he could not take his eyes off her . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | There was something strange about these and they seemed to scare me though I could not take my eyes away . |
| 21 | The four-foot-long nozzle is heavy for me and hard to hold level , but I do not take my eyes off the spider . |
| 22 | The mare moved restlessly round her box , not taking her eyes off him . |
| 23 | Jess spoke fiercely , not taking her eyes from the raddled face , daring her to deny it . |
| 24 | ‘ How did it look ? ’ she asked Morris , not taking her eyes off the screen . |
| 25 | Gingerly she lowered the sweet-tempered child into the cot , not taking her eyes from her exquisite face , Ruth stood gripping the sides of the cot with fingers whitened in an attempt at stopping them shaking . |
| 26 | I 've settled with her ; she knows her place , ’ Rose said over her shoulder , not taking her eyes off Coffin 's face . |
| 27 | ‘ Nobody , ’ he said , not taking his eyes off Mick working on the wheel . |
| 28 | ‘ Just another five minutes , ’ Nick begged , not taking his eyes from the ball as he whacked it half way down the table . |
| 29 | ‘ Great , ’ said Morris , not taking his eyes off the screen either . |
| 30 | ‘ Ah , ’ he says , not taking his eyes off the ring , ‘ I opened some Valpolicella already . ’ |