Example sentences of "[verb] an eye over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Director PAUL VERHOEVEN tells EDWARD MURPHY about courting controversy and growing up in a nightmare , while KIM NEWMAN casts an eye over the overblown finished product |
| 2 | GREG CAMPBELL casts an eye over the principal contenders and comes up with a Victorian prop . |
| 3 | Food safety minister David Maclean casts an eye over one of the incinerators at the companions rest animal crematorium , at Elmstone Hardwick near Cheltenham . |
| 4 | In these circumstances investors are continuing to cast an eye over convertibles — the yield can be considerably higher than on the underlying equity and yet the premium on the conversion price need not be too large . |
| 5 | Penry cast an eye over her hair judicially . |
| 6 | The potatoes could cast an eye over Jean-Paul Sartre and reshape their destiny : no more chips in her house , non , non , my dear , pommes frites . |
| 7 | That evening , Scott took his place at the news desk and ran an eye over his script . |
| 8 | He ran an eye over her slim figure . |
| 9 | Haverford , his head cocked on one side , was casting an eye over blonde girls from Sweden , Guildford or Saskatoon , quite undiscouraged when they did n't return his smile but merely quickened their pace towards the souvenir stalls . |
| 10 | The professor shrugged , casting an eye over Davide 's good jacket , to inform him that his information was unnecessary . |
| 11 | ‘ That 's something our two countries have in common , ’ she commented , casting an eye over what was available . |
| 12 | ‘ We are experiencing a temporary respite but retailers have an eye over their shoulder to the cold , dark days of January and February which will be hard , ’ said marketing manager Ron Woodman . |