Example sentences of "taking [pos pn] [noun] 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 | taking my mouth off the bottle , bagpipe |
| 6 | ‘ It 's just a matter of being sensible , ’ said Tessa , lighting the gas-stove and filling the kettle , without taking her overcoat off either . |
| 7 | The mare moved restlessly round her box , not taking her eyes off him . |
| 8 | ‘ Throw me out , ’ said Kelly without taking her eyes off Broom-Parker , ‘ and the whiskers come too . |
| 9 | ‘ How did it look ? ’ she asked Morris , not taking her eyes off the screen . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Tricia backed her way out , never taking her eyes off me or letting her bearings slip . |
| 12 | I 've settled with her ; she knows her place , ’ Rose said over her shoulder , not taking her eyes off Coffin 's face . |
| 13 | Ruth supposed it was Mrs Peterson 's way of taking her mind off the sad events of last week . |
| 14 | And so Jesus is taking their attention off the miraculous , in a sense , and directing it towards him . |
| 15 | ‘ Let's see what wants doing , first , ’ Stanley said , taking his cap off a coatstand . |
| 16 | He admitted taking his hand off the tiller at the group but denied any boardroom rift over strategy . |
| 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 . |