Example sentences of "take our eyes off " in BNC.

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1 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 ) .
2 We all went on playing without taking our eyes off the music .
3 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 .
4 On a simpler level , we know that it is unwise to turn our back when we are still close to a strange horse , stallion , or foal , because occasionally it will boot us once we take our eyes off it !
5 As we give thanks , we take our eyes off ourselves and look again to God .
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