Example sentences of "take his [noun] off the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clad in a white boiler suit , Barry takes his keyboard off the stand , bangs it gently ( ! ) on the floor , then puts it back before one of his customary jives around the stage , whistle in mouth . |
| 2 | Clad in a white boiler suit , Barry takes his keyboard off the stand , bangs it gently ( ! ) on the floor , then puts it back before one of his customary jives around the stage , whistle in mouth . |
| 3 | When he takes his foot off the pedal again , the revs will fall back to their preset level again . |
| 4 | He can then take his foot off the pedal as the revs will now stay at their preset level , rather like a cruise control in a car . |
| 5 | But he could not take his eyes off the photograph in front of him . |
| 6 | Major Nogin was looking expectantly towards our table and Ralph Pike could n't take his eyes off the major . |
| 7 | He admitted taking his hand off the tiller at the group but denied any boardroom rift over strategy . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The driver tipped his head back , without taking his eyes off the road . |
| 10 | ‘ Looks like some kind of a machine , ’ he admitted , fumbling for levers without taking his eyes off the screen . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Gav had nodded in agreement , without taking his eyes off the screen . |
| 13 | ‘ Great , ’ said Morris , not taking his eyes off the screen either . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ Ah , ’ he says , not taking his eyes off the ring , ‘ I opened some Valpolicella already . ’ |
| 17 | Erlich took his raincoat off the back seat , the heavy Burberry that he had paid a fortune for in Rome . |
| 18 | He took his hands off the table and thrust them into his pockets . |
| 19 | Gabriel took his hands off the hilt of the sword , expecting it to fall with a clatter . |
| 20 | He turned his back , took his pyjamas off the bed and put them on . |
| 21 | The deal was set up by Ghazi Kenaan , Syria 's head of security in Beirut , who naturally took his cut off the top . |
| 22 | I could n't believe it and , at the pictures , persisted in dragging them surreptitiously on and off whenever he took his eyes off the screen and looked at me . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Sean took his eyes off the road long enough to turn and give her an astonished look . |
| 25 | Molassi took his eyes off the way ahead . |
| 26 | I could n't believe it and , at the pictures , persisted in dragging them surreptitiously on and off whenever he took his eyes off the screen and looked at me . |
| 27 | ‘ Our man took his eye off the ball . |
| 28 | Lillee bowled another bouncer which did not get up as much as Fletch anticipated and it hit him straight on the head as he took his eye off the ball . |
| 29 | He took his eye off the road to wink at Patrick . |
| 30 | This took his mind off the painful subject of Zambia . |