Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] a [adj] eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three bassets were already in residence , draped snoring on the fireside rug , but they seemed to be used to Debbie because two of them sniffed her in a bored manner and the third merely cocked a sleepy eye at her before flopping back on the rich pile . |
| 2 | I 'm merely casting a beady eye on it . |
| 3 | THE newly-found Aarseth-Brewington comet should brighten rapidly this month as it sweeps southwards through Ophiuchus in our morning sky , perhaps to become a naked eye object before it dips too far south to be seen from Britain . |
| 4 | THE newly-found Aarseth-Brewington comet should brighten rapidly this month as it sweeps southwards through Ophiuchus in our morning sky , perhaps to become a naked eye object before it dips too far south to be seen from Britain . |
| 5 | The latter has said that he could not necessarily turn a blind eye to this … especially if there were complaints from other parties ; as you are well aware the commission have the power to seek repayment . |
| 6 | It should be Christians , and not only Marxists , who assert that capitalism too easily turns a blind eye to its exploitation of the Third World . |
| 7 | Yet the signs are that industry largely turns a blind eye to what appears to a growing problem |
| 8 | As pan of its side of the deal , the senior branch allows the fun to continue ; it aids the YCs in material ways , by providing premises , helping with the occasional financial loan and generally keeping a benign eye on things . |
| 9 | ‘ Just keeping a general eye on you , trying to find out if you had any friends or contacts in Venice . ’ |
| 10 | For eight minutes she struggled unsuccessfully , changing her posture , hammer grip and the position of the nut , while Ricci rested nearby , apparently just keeping an absent-minded eye on her daughter . |
| 11 | He breathed a sigh of relief as he heard Corbett begin to play gently on the lute he always carried , a sign his master was content , reflecting on his own secret thoughts and not keeping a wary eye on him . |
| 12 | He 'd already turned a blind eye when a couple of his lorries got hi-jacked . |
| 13 | Your name ? ’ so fast that Creggan had to circle to keep him in sight , and could not keep a clear eye on the other one approaching from above . |
| 14 | We sing dumb anyway Turn a blind eye , |
| 15 | After a pious and seemingly untroubled Christian upbringing , he was duly confirmed in 1861 at the age of sixteen , but within a year was already casting a cold eye on the case for a " literalistic attitude " towards Christian doctrine and asserting that " the existence of God , immortality , the authority of the Bible , inspiration and other things will always remain problems . |
| 16 | Whisked ‘ Andrew has always regarded her as a good mother but he can no longer turn a blind eye to her behaviour . |
| 17 | So why not turn a blind eye to it in a world dogged by unemployment ? |
| 18 | I 've seen them , but I mean if , if they saw anything , I think they 'd just turn a blind eye to most of it . |
| 19 | I 'm , I 'm , quite amazed that , that , the question has even been asked , you know , that er that , that , er is this a good thing , I mean er presumably the people that are arguing that it 's not a good thing and that are concerned about events are actually condoning imperialism , er these people seem to think that it 's okay for a country to be occupied er like Poland was occupied by Germany and Czechoslovakia and France , that 's okay er and in fact you know we should just turn a blind eye to it and just let it carry on forever . |
| 20 | It was also known that he was a hobo in his final years , and that he had always had a keen eye for women . |
| 21 | I always keep a close eye on the water quality with test kits . |
| 22 | The label also turns a blind eye to the live tapes released by the band . |
| 23 | And Ron Atkinson of Aston Villa is also keeping a close eye on Hughes . |
| 24 | It also has a black eye stripe and one at the rear . |
| 25 | It also has a black eye stripe . |
| 26 | It also has a black eye stripe and a false eye spot near the tail . |
| 27 | She also has an unfailing eye for the object drawn from an array of public and private collections to illustrate gradual changes in techniques and materials . |
| 28 | Patients not already under the care of a hospital eye clinic also receive an annual eye test prompt and a map identifying local optometrists who perform refraction and dilated funduscopy . |
| 29 | The Waco sheriff habitually turned a blind eye to Koresh 's activities . |
| 30 | It is natural that a mother should regard her child 's health as a matter of the highest importance ; but Judith Holt believed that the Almighty should also keep a watchful eye on a bank of which her husband had become a director . |