Example sentences of "not take [pos pn] [noun] 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 | 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 . |
20 | ‘ They could n't take their eyes off the dancers . |
21 | ‘ Well , your Lucy has got you winding her chain , darling , and she just wo n't take her feet off the ground and let go — am I right ? ’ |
22 | She did n't take her eyes off him for a moment . |
23 | She could n't take her eyes off it . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | She did n't take her eyes off Frank . |
26 | She could n't take her eyes off the livid scratch on his nose . |
27 | Bingham ca n't take his eyes off Ali ; the still life of his friend , tethered so completely , seems as incomprehensible to him as it would to others who followed the radiated glow of Ali 's invulnerability . |
28 | He could n't take his eyes off Zambia 's stomach which was revealed quite plainly as SHe sat up in bed . |
29 | And her husband could n't take his eyes off her . |
30 | It must be love — he ca n't take his eyes off you — so why not prop your baby up in a bouncy chair , car seat or beanbag and enjoy the limelight ? |