Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [art] eye [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They act as though no sexy young woman has ever trod those cobbled streets before , although the nubile daughter of the drunken town bully ( Peter Vaughan ) walks around in the mini-est of mini-skirts especially catching the eye of the long-haired village idiot ( David Warner ) , who has already molested young girls . |
| 2 | If I had to describe her , I would say that she was a sensible , down-to-earth woman , dressed plainly and cleanly , understanding what I was experiencing , yet sighing at my folly and patiently keeping an eye on me till I was in a stronger state again . |
| 3 | and er I suspect most people would be only keeping an eye on the foreign exchange page , you know , when they were thinking about buying |
| 4 | Because it 's been that long keeping an eye on them that they could be supplying half the business on our time with and then a hundred per cent the rest of the time . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ We 'd better keep an eye on her then , ’ said Enid . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | Come on , we 'd better keep an eye on her . ’ |
| 9 | The primordial deity , Nun , advised Re to use his powerful Eye , the sun itself and possessor of its own complex mythology , to exact vengeance on the evildoers , and furthermore to send the Eye in the person of Hathor . |
| 10 | Both sectors have long experienced the eye of professional bodies , which accredit the degree courses designed to produce recruits for their profession . |
| 11 | Once Duncan had managed to fire off a report and stop his watch-replacement from stumbling on the terrorists , he had settled down to keep an eye on the gang . |
| 12 | out so to keep an eye on them . |
| 13 | They often do this by letting out or bringing in their mooring line , so keep an eye on them to see which direction they move it in , if at all . |
| 14 | Split red lentils , smaller and milder , cook even more quickly and soon turn to ‘ mush ’ — so keep an eye on them , if you intend to use them in salads . |
| 15 | Janet has other exciting ideas for her theme cuisine — so keep an eye on the canteen notice board for forthcoming events . |
| 16 | I mean sexy little telephone calls between he who will be king and his , is she a mistress , is she a girlfriend , is she merely a friend , but at any event she 's married and her husband 's in the next bedroom as far as we can gather , you know erm do those kind of conversations and would , I mean maybe it 's important to sort of say and Anne probably has this , but Peter might not , I mean when I grew up the Royal Family were a cert sort of image and you might have known about George the Third who was mad , I mean who else was brought up George the Third was mad and Geor an and this guy was a , a drunk and this guy was a a womaniser , this guy was this , but Victoria you know mourned for sixty years or whatever it was , but this Royal Family , I E the , the Royal Family with which I grew up and Anne did were really sweet nice little Windsors who behaved themselves and that was what was , went into our psychic and there was the odd crack about Phil the Great who 's the Queen 's husband , you know and how he perhaps had an eye for the ladies , but there was never any photographs of him being or any evidence that it might have gone further than that particular and basically there was , that any , there was the fact that he was a sailor when he married the Queen anyway so all sailors are like that are n't they ! |
| 17 | This was scored by awarding one point for each step as follows : unscrewing bottle lid , tilting head back , gently pulling lower eyelid down , occluding the punctum , aiming accurately , avoiding hand shaking , squeezing bottle , not touching the eye with the bottle and blinking gently and slowly . |
| 18 | Asked why , he replied : ‘ Just keeping an eye on things . |
| 19 | McIvor , from Newbuildings , outside Londonderry , has already caught the eye of Billy Bingham . |
| 20 | On the contrary , a company that does not keep an eye on how its employees are functioning is probably itself being badly run . |
| 21 | So why not keep an eye on the steering , and forgo any announcement to interested passengers that there was now , say , a splendid view of the Atlantic Ocean down below ? |
| 22 | ‘ It 's only a few yards away from the shop , so you could easily keep an eye on both . ’ |
| 23 | The black sacks full of fetid rubbish that are to be seen in Lambeth do not meet the eye on entering Wandsworth . |
| 24 | Recommended remedy : ‘ Just keep an eye on him , and make sure he does not do anything too silly ! ’ |
| 25 | I know you wo n't let me down , C.W. Just keep an eye on Bailey 's goons . |
| 26 | Pupils who are potentially good spellers do n't need teaching ; just keep an eye on them , and teach them to proof-read their writing . |
| 27 | Just keep an eye on me , OK ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Well , just keep an eye on it , ’ said Duvall , without taking his eyes off Jimmy , and meaning Barbara . |
| 29 | Just keep an eye on him , talk to him if you want . |
| 30 | You do n't overtake , you just keep an eye on me and keep the same distance away . |