Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb infin] a eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll warn Mrs Pettifer they 're on their way , ’ said the sergeant , ‘ Then you 'd better keep an eye on the old lady and I 'll watch the froggie geezer . |
| 2 | ‘ We 'd better keep an eye on her then , ’ said Enid . |
| 3 | Knowing nothing about the likely sums involved , or the intentions of Viola 's younger son , the discussion was inconclusive , but as he stopped his car outside its magnificent , unpaid-for garage , Desmond said : ‘ I think I 'd better keep an eye on young Hilary . ’ |
| 4 | Come on , we 'd better keep an eye on her . ’ |
| 5 | The frogs did not bat an eye . |
| 6 | If cells from the region of the early embryo that will normally give rise to the eye are grafted into the region that will form the gut the cells do not form an eye any more but just part of the gut . |
| 7 | ‘ Now most people do n't bat an eye . |
| 8 | But A&R people do not stay A&R people for very long if they do n't have an eye on both money and art simultaneously . |
| 9 | If you do n't keep an eye on your trousers , |
| 10 | ‘ These retired military men can get a bit frisky if you do n't keep an eye on them . ’ |
| 11 | On the contrary , a company that does not keep an eye on how its employees are functioning is probably itself being badly run . |