Example sentences of "[vb past] an eye [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | David Weintraub , who had stared at the ceiling , dropped an eye towards the Secretary of State . |
| 2 | The springer which had been lying buttered on the floor midway between the two slewed an eye in the direction of Vanessa Dersingham when she spoke . |
| 3 | To have a Coronation Street star and Cilla Black introducing your rallies showed an eye for the bathetic . |
| 4 | He opened an eye as a door closed with a bang . |
| 5 | She developed an eye for fashion and an air of glamour and all heads would turn as we walked along . |
| 6 | He winked an eye at his companion and said to Frankie : ‘ Been to the pictures , have we , son ? ’ |
| 7 | He lost an eye at the Battle of the Jaws , and wears an iron patch to cover the wound . |
| 8 | He was born in Enniskillen and shortly after he joined Portora Royal School lost an eye in a snowball fight . |
| 9 | One warder lost an eye in the battle to regain control . |
| 10 | Within limits , the family of the dead soldier could form the wording of the announcement without censorship , making the death-columns ( alongside advertisements ) the only non- ‘ co-ordinated ’ parts of German newspapers ( though the SD kept an eye on them , apparently aware of their potential as an index of opinion ) . |
| 11 | He despatched various officers to villages north of the Thames , and local PCs kept an eye on the sparse river crossings in case James should double back into Berkshire . |
| 12 | As time passed he compared notes , revised his dosages and kept an eye on the testing programme , but the thought that it was wrong does not appear to have troubled him for long . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll be jake , mum , ’ but Jean was n't so sure , and kept an eye on her as the day progressed . |
| 14 | Knowing the risks , Bloomsbury House kept an eye on those children who were reunited with their parents . |
| 15 | Mrs Taylor kept an eye on us , ready to rap our knuckles if we got too greedy . |
| 16 | I must confess I was as curious as they were so I kept an eye on the cottage to see who came . |
| 17 | As the children spilled from class rooms and changing rooms , out onto the playground , where their parents waited , Bodie located Nick , and kept an eye on him . |
| 18 | Opana kept an eye on the returning aircraft in spite of the devious routes they flew back to the carriers . |
| 19 | Suffolk Police said its launch , the Sir Ian Jacob , kept an eye on Orfordness as part of its routine surveillance of the Suffolk coast , but there was no evidence of a particular problem in the area . |
| 20 | No one kept an eye on him . |
| 21 | For the first month of her life Mrs MacDonagh had taken the baby into her own house , along with Eleanor 's eighteen-month-old brother Patrick , and she had bottle fed the baby and kept an eye on her brother amidst the debris of her own life and the squalor of her enormous family . |
| 22 | The garrison kept an eye on the Collector 's bedroom , expecting to see his face appear for an inspection of Harry 's work . |
| 23 | He kept an eye on it . |
| 24 | Tiguary and his people kept an eye on the Englishmen 's building work ; they watched their planting and their forest clearance with mounting apprehension . |
| 25 | There was a glass-fronted office on one side of the entrance where the SPs sat and kept an eye on all departures . |
| 26 | Dauntless kept an eye on the tree trunks to the side of the path and eventually spotted a growth of swage mushroom , just above head height . |
| 27 | ‘ I did his personal tax return and kept an eye on his investments . ’ |
| 28 | It suited me , because the yard kept an eye on Joanna , and I could leave my car there . |
| 29 | She knew that he was good , and kept an eye on everybody , and on the whole Reach . |
| 30 | I never worried about her this last year , you know , because I knew you dropped in and kept an eye on her . |