Example sentences of "not take [pos pn] eyes off [pron] " 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 But she could not take her eyes off him .
4 And why would she not take her eyes off me ?
5 Alec could not take his eyes off her .
6 Jim Lester , a portly Tory MP , who was partly hidden by a pilaff , could not take his eyes off her .
7 Edward undid his tie , but for the life of him he could not take his eyes off her .
8 Willie could not take his eyes off him .
9 He spoke slowly to the children and did not take his eyes off them as he spoke .
10 He did not take his eyes off me .
11 He noticed a sketch I had been doing of Miss Oliver , and could not take his eyes off it .
12 Dr Ali did not take his eyes off his face .
13 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 .
14 She did n't take her eyes off him for a moment .
15 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 .
16 She could n't take her eyes off it .
17 And her husband could n't take his eyes off her .
18 Coffin could n't take his eyes off it .
19 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 ?
20 I could n't take my eyes off her as she swivelled to rinse the mud from her legs , then flexed her arms , swept back her hair to shake it , and the motion rippled through her body .
21 The little kid wanted to be an anti-star , and I could n't take my eyes off him .
22 I could n't take my eyes off him at the office and five o'clock was such a wrench — all those hours before I would see him again .
23 That does n't stop Ca n't Get Used To Losing You , Ca n't Take My Eyes Off You and Home Loving Man being all-time classics .
24 As Janet Baker , the singer , wrote , about going to hear her colleague Lena Horne perform : ‘ We could n't take our eyes off her , she has the charisma , the beauty , which comes from great discipline ’ ( Full Circle , Penguin , 1984 ) .
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