Example sentences of "take [pron] [noun pl] off " in BNC.

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1 well I said as mu if I did n't take my shoes off it
2 I ca n't take my eyes off this beautiful woman and as if sensing my gaze she hurries off to the adjoining room to get dressed .
3 The little kid wanted to be an anti-star , and I could n't take my eyes off him .
4 When her Mum undressed her to try it on I could n't take my eyes off the lovely white underclothes she wore .
5 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 .
6 The four-foot-long nozzle is heavy for me and hard to hold level , but I do not take my eyes off the spider .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 ‘ I ca n't take my eyes off people 's footwear .
10 ‘ Well , your Lucy has got you winding her chain , darling , and she just wo n't take her feet off the ground and let go — am I right ? ’
11 She did n't take her eyes off him for a moment .
12 Ruth could not take her eyes off him .
13 He continued to look at her and she could not take her eyes off him .
14 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 .
15 But she could not take her eyes off him .
16 She could not take her eyes off Heathcliff .
17 Polly did n't dare take her eyes off the compass .
18 Julia could not take her eyes off the beautiful mare .
19 She could n't take her eyes off it .
20 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 .
21 And why would she not take her eyes off me ?
22 She did n't take her eyes off Frank .
23 She could n't take her eyes off the livid scratch on his nose .
24 They can take their minds off it , but it can make them irritable or ‘ difficult ’ .
25 ‘ It 'll take their minds off the cattle-fever , ’ said Thorfinn .
26 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 .
27 My men could hardly take their eyes off them . ’
28 ‘ They could n't take their eyes off the dancers .
29 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 .
30 He could n't take his eyes off Zambia 's stomach which was revealed quite plainly as SHe sat up in bed .
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