Example sentences of "[not/n't] take [pron] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Tudor sovereigns did not take their decisions in isolation from pressure and advice . |
| 2 | why in due course , if proper use is made of native institutions , those races which are now subject should not take their places in the ranks of that group of allied nations , as they may I think rightly be called , which forms the [ self-governing ] British Empire … |
| 3 | Firstly , although some of the schemes were designed for staff right across further education , they were attracting only a handful of teachers of vocational subjects , while the remaining schemes did not take their needs into account at all . |
| 4 | Ruth could not take her eyes off him . |
| 5 | He continued to look at her and she could not take her eyes off him . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But she could not take her eyes off him . |
| 8 | She could not take her eyes off Heathcliff . |
| 9 | Julia could not take her eyes off the beautiful mare . |
| 10 | And why would she not take her eyes off me ? |
| 11 | But she did not take her eyes from Riven . |
| 12 | There is a problem that way , as he can not take his dogs over the border . |
| 13 | He spoke slowly to the children and did not take his eyes off them as he spoke . |
| 14 | Although ostensibly listening to what Jonadab was saying , he could not take his eyes off Sarah . |
| 15 | Willie could not take his eyes off him . |
| 16 | He noticed a sketch I had been doing of Miss Oliver , and could not take his eyes off it . |
| 17 | He did not take his eyes off me . |
| 18 | Alec could not take his eyes off her . |
| 19 | But he could not take his eyes off the photograph in front of him . |
| 20 | Jim Lester , a portly Tory MP , who was partly hidden by a pilaff , could not take his eyes off her . |
| 21 | Dr Ali did not take his eyes off his face . |
| 22 | Edward undid his tie , but for the life of him he could not take his eyes off her . |
| 23 | The four-foot-long nozzle is heavy for me and hard to hold level , but I do not take my eyes off the spider . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ They could n't take their eyes off the dancers . |
| 26 | Defries , Daak and Ace could n't take their eyes from it as the shuttle took them inexorably towards it and it grew across the window . |
| 27 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 28 | She did n't take her eyes off him for a moment . |
| 29 | She could n't take her eyes off it . |
| 30 | 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 . |