Example sentences of "[vb infin] her eyes [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And try as she might she could not detach her eyes from the object on the table that had so totally winded her . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Polly did n't dare take her eyes off the compass . |
| 4 | Julia could not take her eyes off the beautiful mare . |
| 5 | She could n't take her eyes off the livid scratch on his nose . |
| 6 | Over the next few afternoons Mrs Phelps could hardly take her eyes from the small girl sitting for hour after hour in the big armchair at the far end of the room with the book on her lap . |
| 7 | Bernice could n't take her eyes from the tall woman , and realized that her companions , too , must have been staring . |
| 8 | She could shut her eyes to the future and be content to share the present with him , as her body longed to do . |
| 9 | This time the chasm yawned in front of her , and she knew that she might close her eyes for the moment , but she was already taking little steps towards the edge . |