Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] a [adj] eye on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I keep a constant eye on what I eat and how much weight I put on . |
| 2 | I kept a wary eye on Santerre for this bluff manor lord , usually afraid of nothing , stayed near the door like a child frightened of a dark , strange room . |
| 3 | She cast a speculative eye on Lucy Lane . |
| 4 | She fixed a baleful eye on Angelica , and said , ‘ If ever they bring back hanging , I would n't advise you to apply for the job . ’ |
| 5 | ANY golfer will tell you that you stand little chance of winning unless you keep a close eye on the scorecard . |
| 6 | Make sure you keep a careful eye on it — it 's a gem and just as precious ! |
| 7 | She kept a watchful eye on any leaks that might have sprung . |
| 8 | Well with our rarest birds , and certainly ospreys and red kites are extremely rare with fifty to sixty pairs of each , we keep a close eye on them , some of the more vulnerable nests are actually watched twenty-four hours of the day , others are monitored regularly to make sure they 're progressing well . |
| 9 | When she started flying her parents asked me to keep a watchful eye on her . |
| 10 | ‘ I think you will agree that that will make it extremely easy for me to keep a constant eye on you ? ’ |
| 11 | Quality control is , of course , the major concern , and Klondyke 's approach is interesting , with everybody keeping a friendly eye on everyone else 's work , so that any faults can be spotted early on and eradicated . |
| 12 | Chapter 2 should help him keep a firm eye on the educational objectives at a time when the technical challenge will tend to dominate his thoughts . |
| 13 | Yet he saw the danger in making these communities an ideal , as he turned an anthropological eye on Christianity and perceived that such examples seem to proffer no solution to industrial urban and suburban existence — the way most people live . |
| 14 | It keeps a careful eye on stock control to make sure that inventories are maintained at ‘ sensible levels ’ . |
| 15 | He kept a sharp eye on her , though the path was well lit and there was little fear of stumbling . |
| 16 | Inside the government , he kept a close eye on the development of policy and frequently intervened to prod ministers in desired directions . |
| 17 | And just as the MOD has chosen to let such production lines be closed down , rather than pay contractors for the cost of mothballing them , so too has it cast a cold eye on the plight of domestic defence electronics companies . |
| 18 | There we were briefed by local staff who wanted us to keep a seaward eye on the local Colliers from Rotterdam following an outbreak of watch smuggling in Poole . |