Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] an [adj] eye [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Little can be done without permission — the same security system which prevents light-fingered customers from making off with the goods , also trains an unblinking eye on the shop-worker . |
| 4 | On the other hand , Stanley Morison , responsible for the typographical identity of The Times in the 1930s , was not an adroit penman — he simply had an unerring eye for good typefaces and strong composition . |
| 5 | And two of the farm 's residents — Joker the heifer and Romeo the Vietnamese pot-bellied pig — were there to cast an approving eye over the proceedings . |