Example sentences of "take [pos pn] eyes off the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When her Mum undressed her to try it on I could n't take my eyes off the lovely white underclothes she wore . |
| 2 | The four-foot-long nozzle is heavy for me and hard to hold level , but I do not take my eyes off the spider . |
| 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 | Polly did n't dare take her eyes off the compass . |
| 5 | Julia could not take her eyes off the beautiful mare . |
| 6 | She could n't take her eyes off the livid scratch on his nose . |
| 7 | ‘ They could n't take their eyes off the dancers . |
| 8 | But he could not take his eyes off the photograph in front of him . |
| 9 | Major Nogin was looking expectantly towards our table and Ralph Pike could n't take his eyes off the major . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Beth never took her eyes off the little group ; Cissie , who was now a young lady of exceptional prettiness and who was hugging her brother for the umpteenth time ; and Beth 's own son Richard … now six years old and growing more like Tyler every day ; and David , a quiet man , a man who was too gentle , a man still dominated by the monster who had raised him . |
| 12 | She took her eyes off the road briefly and glanced at Nicola . |
| 13 | She took her eyes off the road for an instant to glance at him . |
| 14 | ‘ How did it look ? ’ she asked Morris , not taking her eyes off the screen . |
| 15 | As I lay on O 's chest something moved me to snap the locket open , and I remember I asked , who is that ? thinking maybe this was the solution to the mystery , and he said , in the same voice that he talked with later in the night , a sleepwalker 's voice , without taking his eyes off the ceiling he said , I do n't know ; I just found it in a magazine . |
| 16 | The driver tipped his head back , without taking his eyes off the road . |
| 17 | ‘ Looks like some kind of a machine , ’ he admitted , fumbling for levers without taking his eyes off the screen . |
| 18 | A Spanish recruit I had been playing poker against started making faces and gesturing behind the Padre 's back , when suddenly , without taking his eyes off the Frenchman to whom he had been talking , the priest jerked his elbow backwards into the Spaniard 's face , slamming him against an oven . |
| 19 | Gav had nodded in agreement , without taking his eyes off the screen . |
| 20 | ‘ Great , ’ said Morris , not taking his eyes off the screen either . |
| 21 | Without taking his eyes off the stacks of machinery which shielded the glimmer from direct sight , Craig walked quickly backwards until he felt the entrance hatch to the Power Bay thump into his shoulder . |
| 22 | Without holstering his gun , or taking his eyes off the glimmering phenomenon , Bishop dragged the little man from the chamber and threw him bodily into the Pit . |
| 23 | ‘ Ah , ’ he says , not taking his eyes off the ring , ‘ I opened some Valpolicella already . ’ |
| 24 | I could n't believe it and , at the pictures , persisted in dragging them surreptitiously on and off whenever he took his eyes off the screen and looked at me . |
| 25 | Helping herself , Daisy noticed he never took his eyes off the play and was now turning on the windscreen wipers to watch a dark-haired boy coax a fat roan pony down the field . |
| 26 | Sean took his eyes off the road long enough to turn and give her an astonished look . |
| 27 | Molassi took his eyes off the way ahead . |
| 28 | I could n't believe it and , at the pictures , persisted in dragging them surreptitiously on and off whenever he took his eyes off the screen and looked at me . |
| 29 | We all went on playing without taking our eyes off the music . |
| 30 | We took our eyes off the map to look at each other , at first in surprise and then , as the rumbling grew to a roar , in terror . |