Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] eye [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the coat-collar of his Burberry turned up , he reminded her of a private eye in a film — she was under surveillance , everything about him accentuated his detailed analysis of her appearance , and she felt a shiver at what it might portend . |
| 2 | My parents were from a long line of good people with a strong sense of duty , living at peace with their neighbours , quick to be helpful when it was in their power , understandably a little feudal in their outlook , with a cautious eye on the squire for whom they worked , liking a glass of beer or homemade parsnip wine , and not above a bit of rabbit poaching . |
| 3 | My friend , who 's a very economical shopper with a keen eye for a bargain , was doing a bit of shopping at her local market . |
| 4 | ‘ … natural clowns with a keen eye for the incongruous and the absurd … a wealth of shrewd and satirical observation … = tumbling , magic , mime and illusion … |
| 5 | Between them , she and Marie-Christine loaded the dish-washer , while Monique , with a tolerant eye on the engrossed pair at the table , made more coffee , before settling down with her petit-point . |
| 6 | The cheery chappie with a quizzical eye behind the white beard and red cowl is a familiar face around the company . |
| 7 | Rusty looked out with a baleful eye from the front page . |
| 8 | He opens his wooing with a courteous regard for the lady 's feelings ( at the same time as with a pragmatic eye on the best route to success ) : ( " I will tell you what I have to say , but to make you angry by any deed I should be loath . " ) |
| 9 | With a fine eye for a ‘ newsworthy ’ item , the News of the World ( 28 August 1898 ) blamed youths for wasting water by larking about with street taps , but the socialist press saw a more permanent difficulty in the negligence of the private water companies . |
| 10 | With a fine eye for the lie of the land , they select a particular point along the stream and then start to build their dam . |
| 11 | I would also nominate William Trevor , who is comparison a miniaturist with a Dostoevskian eye for the odd little incident , the world of the irrational and the way it impinges on ordinary life . ’ |
| 12 | The restoration of the monarchy and its patronage proved a particularly valuable source of wealth and position to those who had remained faithful or changed their allegiance with a careful eye to the future . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | with a cold eye under the icy lamp . |