Example sentences of "took [pos pn] [noun pl] off " in BNC.

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1 But Evans said : ‘ I never took my hands off the ball .
2 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 .
3 To her relief , Oz nodded and , as soon as they all took their eyes off him , he slid away from the tea-table and out of the room .
4 It did n't come well from a girl who took her clothes off every night in front of an audience of five hundred , at least half of whom must be men .
5 She only took her sunglasses off when she was inside the dark little shop but even then it took a few moments for her eyes to adjust .
6 Alexandra took her hands off the keyboard .
7 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 .
8 She took her eyes off the road briefly and glanced at Nicola .
9 She took her eyes off the road for an instant to glance at him .
10 The mother said she hardly took her eyes off him for a second . ’
11 They took his accoutrements off him .
12 He took his hands off the table and thrust them into his pockets .
13 Gabriel took his hands off the hilt of the sword , expecting it to fall with a clatter .
14 He turned his back , took his pyjamas off the bed and put them on .
15 And then Mother would look from Boy to the other man who was also there every night and never took his eyes off her when she sang , O , and she 'd sing the next lines to him , take these lips , take these arms … ca n't you see ?
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 Sean took his eyes off the road long enough to turn and give her an astonished look .
19 On the other hand , his SS escort rarely took his eyes off her , so she decided that perhaps he was the key to the problem .
20 Molassi took his eyes off the way ahead .
21 Percy Makepeace , too , knew that , and seldom took his eyes off him .
22 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 .
23 Agrippa never took his eyes off mine .
24 He took her amusement in good part , however , and he took his eyes off her to study the menu for about a minute .
25 I stopped listening to Jake Rosso 's records , and took his pictures off my bedroom wall .
26 This really took our minds off the enemy above .
27 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 .
28 Yo , we took your curtains off the front room .
29 You simply stood by the grill and never took your eyes off it until it was the colour you wanted .
30 ‘ You took your eyes off the leprechaun . ’
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