Example sentences of "[adv] take his [noun] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | The deal was set up by Ghazi Kenaan , Syria 's head of security in Beirut , who naturally took his cut off the top . |
| 2 | He 'd been adjusting the driving mirror and he 'd only taken his eyes off the road for a moment . |
| 3 | He spoke slowly to the children and did not take his eyes off them as he spoke . |
| 4 | Although ostensibly listening to what Jonadab was saying , he could not take his eyes off Sarah . |
| 5 | Willie could not take his eyes off him . |
| 6 | He noticed a sketch I had been doing of Miss Oliver , and could not take his eyes off it . |
| 7 | He did not take his eyes off me . |
| 8 | Alec could not take his eyes off her . |
| 9 | But he could not take his eyes off the photograph in front of him . |
| 10 | Jim Lester , a portly Tory MP , who was partly hidden by a pilaff , could not take his eyes off her . |
| 11 | Dr Ali did not take his eyes off his face . |
| 12 | Edward undid his tie , but for the life of him he could not take his eyes off her . |
| 13 | ‘ Nobody , ’ he said , not taking his eyes off Mick working on the wheel . |
| 14 | ‘ Great , ’ said Morris , not taking his eyes off the screen either . |
| 15 | ‘ Ah , ’ he says , not taking his eyes off the ring , ‘ I opened some Valpolicella already . ’ |
| 16 | Though he 'd scarcely taken his eyes off her , it was obvious that she had n't made a very favourable impression on him . |
| 17 | Though he 'd scarcely taken his eyes off her , and in a strange sort of way appeared to be fascinated by her , she sensed it was the kind of reluctant fascination one might feel for an intriguing , but poisonous snake . |
| 18 | Paul has not taken his eyes off his lover 's face . |
| 19 | Not take his eyes off her ? |
| 20 | When he looked up the light was pearly and the sky a blue so tender he could hardly take his eyes off it , with the result that on several occasions he collided with people coming the other way . |
| 21 | The off-licence was empty except for two drop-outs buying canned beer : the proprietor contrived to address Scarlet and Constance without once taking his eyes off his other customers , not even as he wrapped a bottle of Smirnoff and extracted six cans of Long Life from under the glass counter . |
| 22 | He 's been sitting on the bench for the last hour and has never once taken his eyes off the shop . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He could n't take his eyes off Zambia 's stomach which was revealed quite plainly as SHe sat up in bed . |
| 26 | And her husband could n't take his eyes off her . |
| 27 | 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 ? |
| 28 | Major Nogin was looking expectantly towards our table and Ralph Pike could n't take his eyes off the major . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Coffin could n't take his eyes off it . |