Example sentences of "[be] [verb] an eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The man , who was known to the police , was one of the knockers they 'd been keeping an eye on . |
| 2 | As the crowd grew , pressing against the window , the Divisional Police Commissioner Rousselet , who had been keeping an eye on events , sent a policeman down with orders to have the nude painting removed from the window . |
| 3 | ‘ I had this anonymous tip-off about a man answering your description , the caller said something about a missing member of the aristocracy , so I 've been keeping an eye on things . ’ |
| 4 | It was overseen by , the company 's operations director , who had been keeping an eye on the Basingstoke premises during its six-month run-down . |
| 5 | ‘ He 's been keeping an eye on me , old Frear . |
| 6 | ‘ We 've been keeping an eye open for you . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Mum says he should have looked first , Dad says if she 'd been keeping an eye on him he would have been fine . |
| 8 | We 're keeping an eye on gangsters , black marketeers and revolutionaries . |
| 9 | I ca n't they 're keeping an eye on me . |
| 10 | ‘ Uncle Albert says you 're to keep an eye on them , ’ continued Dick . |
| 11 | We 'll be gittin' along … an ’ I 'll be keepin' an eye on this young lady here , fer the same reason . |
| 12 | Since last October , inventors have had to pay renewal fees to keep US patents in force , so any firm interested in copying the gull-wing design will be keeping an eye on the status of the DeLorean patent . |
| 13 | Helen will also be keeping an eye on the job market while she is away and praying that employers will see her experience in a positive light . |
| 14 | But I 'll also be keeping an eye on you . ’ |
| 15 | You were lucky to get off so lightly , losing all that blood , and I 'll be keeping an eye on you . |
| 16 | Big brother will be keeping an eye on things . ’ |
| 17 | and he , he just goes around thumping , kicking and , and going berserk during drama and the teacher just looks on and says calm down and I mean in view of the fact I 've written to the school and complained about , but you 'd think they would be keeping an eye and he hates drama so much and it , he 's got drama tomorrow , if he has any trouble tomorrow morning I 'm not sending him tomorrow afternoon I 'm gon na start keeping him home and if they ask why I 'm gon na say because you ca n't control your classes and you wo n't want to now |
| 18 | This is mainly because erm there are so many diverse services that might help in the erm general support and education of a special child that integration is necessary and that really one person should be keeping an eye on things , as it were . |
| 19 | I 've got a position in soya , so I 'm keeping an eye on that as well . ’ |
| 20 | No it 's alright I 've I 'm keeping an eye on that out there . |
| 21 | ‘ Maybe he 's keeping an eye on you . ’ |
| 22 | He says do n't be frightened , he 's keeping an eye on things for you . ’ |
| 23 | He 's keeping an eye on her . |
| 24 | Actually , Helen and Geoff are away ( with the children , of course , it 's Spain again this year I think ) , and Mr Davis 's boy Kevin from the house on the corner is keeping an eye on things and doing the garden for them . |
| 25 | What the company will contribute or take from OMG is unclear , even to Sybase itself at the moment ; it says it is keeping an eye on developments . |
| 26 | So as the unofficial electioneering gathers pace , Mr Kinnock is keeping an eye on the date . |
| 27 | what we really need to do is keep an eye , if it looks like you keep leaking sugar out , |
| 28 | All you got to do is keep an eye open and watch the break lights . |
| 29 | He is to keep an eye on them , transfer them between nicks when necessary and make sure they turn up in court on time . |
| 30 | The company added that a standby boat was keeping an eye on the situation . |