Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [pos pn] eyes off " 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 | She could not take her eyes off Heathcliff . |
| 6 | Julia could not take her eyes off the beautiful mare . |
| 7 | And why would she not take her eyes off me ? |
| 8 | He spoke slowly to the children and did not take his eyes off them as he spoke . |
| 9 | Although ostensibly listening to what Jonadab was saying , he could not take his eyes off Sarah . |
| 10 | Willie could not take his eyes off him . |
| 11 | He noticed a sketch I had been doing of Miss Oliver , and could not take his eyes off it . |
| 12 | He did not take his eyes off me . |
| 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 | Dr Ali did not take his eyes off his face . |
| 17 | Edward undid his tie , but for the life of him he could not take his eyes off her . |
| 18 | The four-foot-long nozzle is heavy for me and hard to hold level , but I do not take my eyes off the spider . |
| 19 | ‘ You see , cariad , the gentlemen ca n't keep their eyes off you . ’ |
| 20 | for those first few weeks we could n't keep our eyes off each other . |
| 21 | In the other corner , Carmella had her hand in Joey 's , who , as usual , could n't keep his eyes off Noreen . |
| 22 | We sat down then and all the time he was eating Frankie could n't keep his eyes off her or the things that surrounded him . |
| 23 | He could n't keep his eyes off Ace . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ They could n't take their eyes off the dancers . |
| 26 | She did n't take her eyes off him for a moment . |
| 27 | She could n't take her eyes off it . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | She did n't take her eyes off Frank . |
| 30 | She could n't take her eyes off the livid scratch on his nose . |