Example sentences of "take his eyes off the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Major Nogin was looking expectantly towards our table and Ralph Pike could n't take his eyes off the major . |
| 2 | But he could not take his eyes off the photograph in front of him . |
| 3 | The driver tipped his head back , without taking his eyes off the road . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Ah , ’ he says , not taking his eyes off the ring , ‘ I opened some Valpolicella already . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Looks like some kind of a machine , ’ he admitted , fumbling for levers without taking his eyes off the screen . |
| 8 | Gav had nodded in agreement , without taking his eyes off the screen . |
| 9 | ‘ Great , ’ said Morris , not taking his eyes off the screen either . |
| 10 | Molassi took his eyes off the way ahead . |
| 11 | Sean took his eyes off the road long enough to turn and give her an astonished look . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He 'd been adjusting the driving mirror and he 'd only taken his eyes off the road for a moment . |
| 16 | He 's been sitting on the bench for the last hour and has never once taken his eyes off the shop . |