Example sentences of "not [verb] his eye [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And though he could not lift his eyes to the streetlights |
| 2 | The male red-wings do quite well out of this arrangement since they father most of their female 's offspring — most , not all , since the male can not keep his eye on all his females simultaneously and some will happily mate with males in the territories next door . |
| 3 | Abruptly he terminated the conversation and put the phone down , not moving his eyes from her face . |
| 4 | Middlemass found it difficult not to fix his eyes on it . |
| 5 | He spoke slowly to the children and did not take his eyes off them as he spoke . |
| 6 | Although ostensibly listening to what Jonadab was saying , he could not take his eyes off Sarah . |
| 7 | Willie could not take his eyes off him . |
| 8 | He noticed a sketch I had been doing of Miss Oliver , and could not take his eyes off it . |
| 9 | He did not take his eyes off me . |
| 10 | Alec could not take his eyes off her . |
| 11 | But he could not take his eyes off the photograph in front of him . |
| 12 | Jim Lester , a portly Tory MP , who was partly hidden by a pilaff , could not take his eyes off her . |
| 13 | Dr Ali did not take his eyes off his face . |
| 14 | Edward undid his tie , but for the life of him he could not take his eyes off her . |
| 15 | ‘ Nobody , ’ he said , not taking his eyes off Mick working on the wheel . |
| 16 | ‘ Great , ’ said Morris , not taking his eyes off the screen either . |
| 17 | ‘ Ah , ’ he says , not taking his eyes off the ring , ‘ I opened some Valpolicella already . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Just another five minutes , ’ Nick begged , not taking his eyes from the ball as he whacked it half way down the table . |
| 19 | He did not raise his eyes to Melanie but stared at the backs of his hands . |
| 20 | He grunted by way of greeting as the fat widow dumped herself down on the other chair , but did not raise his eyes from his reading . |
| 21 | Paul has not taken his eyes off his lover 's face . |
| 22 | Could he not open his eyes on a better scene , a less sordid spectacle ? |
| 23 | Not take his eyes off her ? |
| 24 | ‘ You checked the house ? ’ asked Dalziel , not raising his eyes from the sheet of paper he held gingerly before him . |