Example sentences of "taking [pos pn] [noun pl] off " in BNC.

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1 Finally , without taking my eyes off the flowers , I may move the vase closer , or walk around the table and look at the flowers from different angles .
2 A waiter was approaching from behind her , I noticed , without taking my eyes off hers ; I felt the grin broaden on my lips .
3 I knew that , as I had no intention of taking my eyes off it .
4 I was me and it was both frightening and exciting , like driving very fast round a precipitous bend with someone now and again taking my hands off the wheel and forcing me to trust .
5 The mare moved restlessly round her box , not taking her eyes off him .
6 ‘ Throw me out , ’ said Kelly without taking her eyes off Broom-Parker , ‘ and the whiskers come too .
7 ‘ How did it look ? ’ she asked Morris , not taking her eyes off the screen .
8 Helen , never taking her eyes off Alexandra , craned sideways so that she could wind a finger round and round in a hole in her black stocking .
9 Tricia backed her way out , never taking her eyes off me or letting her bearings slip .
10 I 've settled with her ; she knows her place , ’ Rose said over her shoulder , not taking her eyes off Coffin 's face .
11 John poured himself another drink without taking his eyes off Maggie .
12 As I lay on O 's chest something moved me to snap the locket open , and I remember I asked , who is that ? thinking maybe this was the solution to the mystery , and he said , in the same voice that he talked with later in the night , a sleepwalker 's voice , without taking his eyes off the ceiling he said , I do n't know ; I just found it in a magazine .
13 ‘ Nobody , ’ he said , not taking his eyes off Mick working on the wheel .
14 The driver tipped his head back , without taking his eyes off the road .
15 ‘ Looks like some kind of a machine , ’ he admitted , fumbling for levers without taking his eyes off the screen .
16 A Spanish recruit I had been playing poker against started making faces and gesturing behind the Padre 's back , when suddenly , without taking his eyes off the Frenchman to whom he had been talking , the priest jerked his elbow backwards into the Spaniard 's face , slamming him against an oven .
17 Hazel , never taking his eyes off it , heard three or four of the others coming up behind him .
18 Gav had nodded in agreement , without taking his eyes off the screen .
19 ‘ I want to see , ’ said Pearce , without taking his eyes off Rohmer .
20 ‘ No , ’ said Rohmer , without taking his eyes off Cardiff .
21 ‘ Well , just keep an eye on it , ’ said Duvall , without taking his eyes off Jimmy , and meaning Barbara .
22 Without taking his eyes off him , he opened the drawer of his desk and felt about inside it until he had located a toffee .
23 ‘ Great , ’ said Morris , not taking his eyes off the screen either .
24 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 .
25 Without taking his eyes off the stacks of machinery which shielded the glimmer from direct sight , Craig walked quickly backwards until he felt the entrance hatch to the Power Bay thump into his shoulder .
26 Without holstering his gun , or taking his eyes off the glimmering phenomenon , Bishop dragged the little man from the chamber and threw him bodily into the Pit .
27 ‘ Ah , ’ he says , not taking his eyes off the ring , ‘ I opened some Valpolicella already . ’
28 ‘ Stay with the horse , ’ ordered Guy , without taking his eyes off his opponents .
29 I 've seen him here , ’ said the other one without taking his eyes off me .
30 We all went on playing without taking our eyes off the music .
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