Sentence examples for taking his attention from inspiring English sources

If he knows something important is coming, like a trip to the merry-go-round and the Whip at Pleasure Beach, he'll wait for it minute by minute, day after day, as if by taking his attention away from it for even a second he might cause it not to happen.

"Oh," my father replied, taking his attention off Johnny Carson's monologue for just a moment.

But Mr. Walentas needed something to take his attention.

It sounds likes Fred Goodwin became obsessive and that took his attention away from things that were much more important".

He added bebop accents with snare and bass drum -- again, modestly -- and sometimes the flow became clotted when he took his attention away from the ride cymbal.

"He would see too much peripherally and get too much information and focus on things on the track that he wouldn't normally see that would take his attention away".

Leonardo was not a prolific painter, but he was a most prolific draftsman, keeping journals full of small sketches and detailed drawings recording all manner of things that took his attention.

Streett served under Arnold as deputy commander of the CAF, but Arnold held at that time two major commands: Air Staff and CAF, with Air Staff taking his full attention.

Beck acknowledges he wasn't taking his medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder at the time (he rarely does on tour, he says).

Mr. Daumas soaked in the attention, taking his time down the crowded avenue.

It took his full attention and more than a decade to bring his painting even close to a genuinely active roil.