Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a [adj] eye [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a well-proportioned house , Lissa decided , the lines drawn with an unfailing eye for symmetry and beauty . |
| 2 | When healthy we are able to look with a cool eye at what medicine offers ; when we 're ill , we become like frightened children looking at mother and father to make us better . |
| 3 | Vlasman boxed superbly before a capacity crowd and was well on top when his opponent , G Reid ( Wolverhampton ) was stopped with a cut eye in the third . |
| 4 | In essence , the art of thatching relies on a good eye for lines . |
| 5 | He also gave me his own way of planning little dialogues , and his technique of distinguishing the three tones of the language , which could alter the meaning of what looked to an English eye to be the same word , often with unexpected , humorous or even disastrous effect . |
| 6 | Despite the elevation of chef to artisan cook to fine artist , it is still rare to find a British restaurant where food is served without a main eye on fashion and where home-grown ingredients do no appear as mutant clones of other cuisines . |
| 7 | But Ken 's experience in working with wood , coupled to a keen eye for design , was soon put to good use when customers asked him for ideas on pond layout , particularly those with a Japanese flavour . |
| 8 | In its first rôle , it has tended to concentrate on low-technology businesses which are managed with a close eye on reducing costs and generating cash . |