Example sentences of "[adv] take [pos pn] eyes off [art] " in BNC.

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1 This means concentrating on the tow and only taking your eyes off the towplane for a brief moment .
2 He 'd been adjusting the driving mirror and he 'd only taken his eyes off the road for a moment .
3 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 .
4 Julia could not take her eyes off the beautiful mare .
5 But he could not take his eyes off the photograph in front of him .
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 ‘ How did it look ? ’ she asked Morris , not taking her eyes off the screen .
8 ‘ Great , ’ said Morris , not taking his eyes off the screen either .
9 ‘ Ah , ’ he says , not taking his eyes off the ring , ‘ I opened some Valpolicella already . ’
10 He 's been sitting on the bench for the last hour and has never once taken his eyes off the shop .
11 ‘ They could n't take their eyes off the dancers .
12 She could n't take her eyes off the livid scratch on his nose .
13 Major Nogin was looking expectantly towards our table and Ralph Pike could n't take his eyes off the major .
14 When her Mum undressed her to try it on I could n't take my eyes off the lovely white underclothes she wore .
15 If you are n't then take your eyes off the Beast and opt for a more appropriate shoe .
16 Beth never took her eyes off the little group ; Cissie , who was now a young lady of exceptional prettiness and who was hugging her brother for the umpteenth time ; and Beth 's own son Richard … now six years old and growing more like Tyler every day ; and David , a quiet man , a man who was too gentle , a man still dominated by the monster who had raised him .
17 Helping herself , Daisy noticed he never took his eyes off the play and was now turning on the windscreen wipers to watch a dark-haired boy coax a fat roan pony down the field .
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