Example sentences of "taking [pos pn] eyes [prep] " 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 | Like Diane Barker , of Bishop Auckland , a deaf teenager who passed her test first time in 1984 after having special mirrors fitted so she could lip read commands from the driving instructor without taking her eyes of the road . |
| 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 | Jess spoke fiercely , not taking her eyes from the raddled face , daring her to deny it . |
| 12 | Taking her eyes from the man onstage , she gave the punters a swift once-over . |
| 13 | Pushing it back on to the desk without taking her eyes from it , she said , ‘ I do n't quite see . |
| 14 | Gingerly she lowered the sweet-tempered child into the cot , not taking her eyes from her exquisite face , Ruth stood gripping the sides of the cot with fingers whitened in an attempt at stopping them shaking . |
| 15 | Without taking his eyes of the road he said , ‘ What about putting a Velcro spot under the legs , with the sticky side facing down ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ That 's obviously what they wanted us to believe , ’ Graham said without taking his eyes of Al-Makesh . |
| 17 | John poured himself another drink without taking his eyes off Maggie . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ Nobody , ’ he said , not taking his eyes off Mick working on the wheel . |
| 20 | The driver tipped his head back , without taking his eyes off the road . |
| 21 | ‘ Looks like some kind of a machine , ’ he admitted , fumbling for levers without taking his eyes off the screen . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Hazel , never taking his eyes off it , heard three or four of the others coming up behind him . |
| 24 | Gav had nodded in agreement , without taking his eyes off the screen . |
| 25 | ‘ I want to see , ’ said Pearce , without taking his eyes off Rohmer . |
| 26 | ‘ No , ’ said Rohmer , without taking his eyes off Cardiff . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , just keep an eye on it , ’ said Duvall , without taking his eyes off Jimmy , and meaning Barbara . |
| 28 | Without taking his eyes off him , he opened the drawer of his desk and felt about inside it until he had located a toffee . |
| 29 | ‘ Great , ’ said Morris , not taking his eyes off the screen either . |
| 30 | 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 . |