Example sentences of "take my [noun] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I usually travel with an assistant from my management company and she does the same so we look a fine pair , both of us sitting there with dozens of jars in front of us , but it does the trick ; it takes my mind off the fact that we are 30,000 feet in the air at the time . |
| 2 | I do n't like to read because it takes my mind off myself . |
| 3 | Apart from anything else , that takes my mind off the wombat of Stoke Newington and his tufty little dormitory . |
| 4 | well I said as mu if I did n't take my shoes off it |
| 5 | I ca n't take my eyes off this beautiful woman and as if sensing my gaze she hurries off to the adjoining room to get dressed . |
| 6 | The little kid wanted to be an anti-star , and I could n't take my eyes off him . |
| 7 | When her Mum undressed her to try it on I could n't take my eyes off the lovely white underclothes she wore . |
| 8 | That does n't stop Ca n't Get Used To Losing You , Ca n't Take My Eyes Off You and Home Loving Man being all-time classics . |
| 9 | The four-foot-long nozzle is heavy for me and hard to hold level , but I do not take my eyes off the spider . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ I ca n't take my eyes off people 's footwear . |
| 13 | It might take my mind off things . ’ |
| 14 | It will take my mind off things — with no limit on the autobahn . |
| 15 | They help take my mind off Benn but I 'll be focusing solely on him when I leave for London . ’ |
| 16 | Letters could take my mind off most things . |
| 17 | ( Good ; it 'll take my mind off the other itch . ) |
| 18 | Maybe my mother thought it would take my mind off the convent , for she agreed . |
| 19 | You 've certainly got me interested , and the shipping accounts may take my mind off being cross with you . |
| 20 | Finally , without taking my eyes off the flowers , I may move the vase closer , or walk around the table and look at the flowers from different angles . |
| 21 | A waiter was approaching from behind her , I noticed , without taking my eyes off hers ; I felt the grin broaden on my lips . |
| 22 | I knew that , as I had no intention of taking my eyes off it . |
| 23 | I was me and it was both frightening and exciting , like driving very fast round a precipitous bend with someone now and again taking my hands off the wheel and forcing me to trust . |
| 24 | taking my mouth off the bottle , bagpipe |
| 25 | He took my passport off me and told me to sit down on a bench sat against the wall ; I picked up a magazine and read it while he checked my details . |
| 26 | But Evans said : ‘ I never took my hands off the ball . |
| 27 | Arithmetic not only took my mind off the leg , but also spurred me to keep up a pace of four miles an hour . |
| 28 | I do n't know why or how it worked but it certainly took my mind off my voice . |
| 29 | ‘ I never took my eye off it . |
| 30 | 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 . |