Example sentences of "could not [verb] his eyes " in BNC.
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| 1 | And though he could not lift his eyes to the streetlights |
| 2 | Although ostensibly listening to what Jonadab was saying , he could not take his eyes off Sarah . |
| 3 | Willie could not take his eyes off him . |
| 4 | He noticed a sketch I had been doing of Miss Oliver , and could not take his eyes off it . |
| 5 | Alec could not take his eyes off her . |
| 6 | But he could not take his eyes off the photograph in front of him . |
| 7 | Jim Lester , a portly Tory MP , who was partly hidden by a pilaff , could not take his eyes off her . |
| 8 | Edward undid his tie , but for the life of him he could not take his eyes off her . |
| 9 | He looked at me as if he could not believe his eyes , and a faint , doubtful smile began to move his lips . |
| 10 | When he saw the invitation , Khrushchev tells us he could not believe his eyes . |
| 11 | His mouth fell open and he could not believe his eyes . |
| 12 | For a second Sharpe could not believe his eyes . |
| 13 | When Ernest came home , he could not believe his eyes . |
| 14 | Dear old Joe simply could not believe his eyes when he and I entered Miss Havisham 's room the next day . |
| 15 | The lawyer could not believe his eyes . |
| 16 | Mike took one look at her furious face , and Ace 's flabbergasted one , and put up a hand to hide his mouth , but he could n't stop his eyes from dancing with amusement . |
| 17 | She faced him calmly , her head high , though she could n't meet his eyes . |
| 18 | She could n't meet his eyes , the expression in them was too intense . |
| 19 | He could n't close his eyes . |
| 20 | He could n't take his eyes off Zambia 's stomach which was revealed quite plainly as SHe sat up in bed . |
| 21 | And her husband could n't take his eyes off her . |
| 22 | Two wheels , round and round , he could n't take his eyes away , and this time it 'd be like worship , I dreamed that we were made of gold , he 'd seen too much , his eyes were gold , they 'd have to melt them down . |
| 23 | Major Nogin was looking expectantly towards our table and Ralph Pike could n't take his eyes off the major . |
| 24 | Tommy , who was accompanying them on the mouth-organ , noticed that Charlie could n't take his eyes off Rose the barmaid who , although on the wrong side of thirty , never stopped flirting with the young recruits . |
| 25 | Coffin could n't take his eyes off it . |
| 26 | I looked uneasily at Martinho , who no doubt was n't too happy either , except I could n't see his eyes . |
| 27 | He just looked at Mr. Mendez , though you could n't see his eyes in the shadow of his hat brim . |
| 28 | There were deep shadows across the room now and his face was in one of them so she could n't see his eyes clearly . |
| 29 | In the other corner , Carmella had her hand in Joey 's , who , as usual , could n't keep his eyes off Noreen . |
| 30 | We sat down then and all the time he was eating Frankie could n't keep his eyes off her or the things that surrounded him . |