Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] an eye [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is still likely to be a considerable extra work load for the daughter or daughter-in-law who is likely to bear the brunt of extra shopping , washing and keeping an eye on the elderly people . |
| 2 | Although a library committee of some sort existed before the project invitation , the head reports that : It was no more than three of four people who were simply monitoring the use of the library and keeping an eye on the books that we needed and the way children used the library . |
| 3 | The wife come in she stays up around the corner and keeps an eye on the on a Saturday . |
| 4 | She knows that if she had pointed this out to William , and expressed her own wish to take child , and papers , to the Common , William would obligingly have offered to stay at home and chop carrots and peel potatoes and keep an eye on the lamb in the oven . |
| 5 | Please go and keep an eye on the office . ’ |
| 6 | As time passed he compared notes , revised his dosages and kept an eye on the testing programme , but the thought that it was wrong does not appear to have troubled him for long . |
| 7 | I would 've liked to have looked after me and kept an eye on the rest with Paul . |
| 8 | If there appears to be an improvement in behaviour then you can try delaying the medication , or reducing the amount , but keep an eye on the situation and be prepared to top up the dose if necessary . |
| 9 | But keep an eye on the baby 's symptoms — it may have problems with these milks too , because of cross-reactivity ( see p 295 ) between the proteins . |