Example sentences of "not take [pos pn] eyes [prep] " 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 But she did not take her eyes from Riven .
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 The four-foot-long nozzle is heavy for me and hard to hold level , but I do not take my eyes off the spider .
20 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 .
21 ‘ They could n't take their eyes off the dancers .
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 She did n't take her eyes off him for a moment .
24 She could n't take her eyes off it .
25 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 .
26 She did n't take her eyes off Frank .
27 She could n't take her eyes off the livid scratch on his nose .
28 Bernice could n't take her eyes from the tall woman , and realized that her companions , too , must have been staring .
29 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 .
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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