Example sentences of "[vb past] a [adj] eye [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She cast a malevolent eye at the window as a squall of rain battered the glass , then began an inspection of supplies . |
| 2 | He cast a professional eye over the report . |
| 3 | Sharpe cast a professional eye at the smoke of the French cooking fires . |
| 4 | Karl , as it were , added the italics as he cast a speculative eye over a huge grey building which loomed over the avenue like a battleship over a flotilla of cargo boats and from which , in the still , clear air , hung a vast flag , red , with a golden hammer and sickle emblazoned on it . |
| 5 | He cast a scathing eye at the rows of bottles . |
| 6 | Down in Australia Brian Johnston cast a knowing eye round the field and told his audience of millions that Neil Harvey was standing with his legs apart , waiting for a tickle . |
| 7 | ‘ We 're under the Clyde now , ’ he cast an intellectual eye at the roof of the carriage . |
| 8 | She cast an appraising eye over the clean kitchen and listened to the music of the sizzling pie . |
| 9 | Our knowledge of all these sides of religious life at Canterbury at the time of the Conquest has had to be reconstructed by laborious scholarship , largely because Lanfranc turned a blind eye to every aspect of a native religious tradition . |
| 10 | Nelson , who took Murdoch 's place in goal , first of all did as his namesake and turned a blind eye to a cross from McGinlay . |
| 11 | And turned a blind eye to the sinking S** . |
| 12 | Rex turned a blind eye to the fact that he was obviously Officer Cecil , poorly disguised in false moustache , tailcoat and spats . |
| 13 | Members of the Academy turned a blind eye to the black marketeers , because the Seven Planets needed food and supplies and the corporations would n't trade with independent worlds . |
| 14 | But with being a keen golfer , I developed a keen eye for a golf ball and a distance . |
| 15 | The Queen kept a sharp eye on the proceedings , and found it a favourable wet-day pastime to visit the Dolls ' House . |
| 16 | There were not so many lights and Endill kept a close eye on the Headmaster in case he became lost in the darkness . |
| 17 | Inside the government , he kept a close eye on the development of policy and frequently intervened to prod ministers in desired directions . |
| 18 | And now , as dawn broke , Driver Oliver kept a watchful eye on the slowly lightening coastline . |
| 19 | Almost immediately the party was reconstituted , but this time Göring kept a watchful eye on the Danzigers . |
| 20 | Along with the Thwaites at High Birk Hatt the Fawcetts kept a neighbourly eye on the Hauxwells when they were at their most vulnerable . |
| 21 | He had a good eye for a defensible site , had St Kentigern . ’ |
| 22 | Ernie was built in the strong mould of the traditional full-back of the time , but he was cool under pressure and had a keen eye for a volleyed clearance to avert any threatening danger , so that it was entirely fitting when the Football League honoured him with a place in one of their representative sides in the autumn of 1921 . |
| 23 | Dr Foley had a wandering eye as a young man . |
| 24 | He had a shrewd eye for the false and the fraud . |
| 25 | Halevy , who had an acute eye for the ideological delusions of the British , observed that when Labour leaders looked for solutions to the problem of unemployment they turned , not to socialism , but to the traditions of liberal internationalism : |