Example sentences of "take [pos pn] eyes off [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 She did n't take her eyes off Frank .
2 She could not take her eyes off Heathcliff .
3 Although ostensibly listening to what Jonadab was saying , he could not take his eyes off Sarah .
4 He could n't take his eyes off Zambia 's stomach which was revealed quite plainly as SHe sat up in bed .
5 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 .
6 Tommy , who was accompanying them on the mouth-organ , noticed that Charlie could n't take his eyes off Rose the barmaid who , although on the wrong side of thirty , never stopped flirting with the young recruits .
7 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 .
8 Helen , never taking her eyes off Alexandra , craned sideways so that she could wind a finger round and round in a hole in her black stocking .
9 ‘ Throw me out , ’ said Kelly without taking her eyes off Broom-Parker , ‘ and the whiskers come too .
10 John poured himself another drink without taking his eyes off Maggie .
11 ‘ No , ’ said Rohmer , without taking his eyes off Cardiff .
12 ‘ I want to see , ’ said Pearce , without taking his eyes off Rohmer .
13 ‘ Nobody , ’ he said , not taking his eyes off Mick working on the wheel .
14 ‘ Well , just keep an eye on it , ’ said Duvall , without taking his eyes off Jimmy , and meaning Barbara .
15 Terry burst out laughing , causing all the people in the restaurant to take their eyes off Maura and begin staring at him .
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