Example sentences of "[vb past] [pos pn] eyes off " in BNC.

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1 There 's no real hurry , it 's not till 11.30 ) chatting brightly to hide the hollow empty absence of anything at all in the way of feeling , and kept my eyes off Toby 's face which had a look on it as if someone were dragging his insides out .
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 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 .
5 She took her eyes off the road briefly and glanced at Nicola .
6 She took her eyes off the road for an instant to glance at him .
7 The mother said she hardly took her eyes off him for a second . ’
8 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 ?
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 Sean took his eyes off the road long enough to turn and give her an astonished look .
12 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 .
13 Molassi took his eyes off the way ahead .
14 Percy Makepeace , too , knew that , and seldom took his eyes off him .
15 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 .
16 Agrippa never took his eyes off mine .
17 He took her amusement in good part , however , and he took his eyes off her to study the menu for about a minute .
18 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 .
19 You simply stood by the grill and never took your eyes off it until it was the colour you wanted .
20 ‘ You took your eyes off the leprechaun . ’
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