Example sentences of "[not/n't] take [pron] eyes off " 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 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 But she could not take her eyes off him .
5 She could not take her eyes off Heathcliff .
6 Julia could not take her eyes off the beautiful mare .
7 And why would she not take her eyes off me ?
8 He spoke slowly to the children and did not take his eyes off them as he spoke .
9 Although ostensibly listening to what Jonadab was saying , he could not take his eyes off Sarah .
10 Willie could not take his eyes off him .
11 He noticed a sketch I had been doing of Miss Oliver , and could not take his eyes off it .
12 He did not take his eyes off me .
13 Alec could not take his eyes off her .
14 But he could not take his eyes off the photograph in front of him .
15 Jim Lester , a portly Tory MP , who was partly hidden by a pilaff , could not take his eyes off her .
16 Dr Ali did not take his eyes off his face .
17 Edward undid his tie , but for the life of him he could not take his eyes off her .
18 The four-foot-long nozzle is heavy for me and hard to hold level , but I do not take my eyes off the spider .
19 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 .
20 ‘ They could n't take their eyes off the dancers .
21 She did n't take her eyes off him for a moment .
22 She could n't take her eyes off it .
23 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 .
24 She did n't take her eyes off Frank .
25 She could n't take her eyes off the livid scratch on his nose .
26 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 .
27 He could n't take his eyes off Zambia 's stomach which was revealed quite plainly as SHe sat up in bed .
28 And her husband could n't take his eyes off her .
29 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 ?
30 Major Nogin was looking expectantly towards our table and Ralph Pike could n't take his eyes off the major .
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