Example sentences of "kept a [adj] watch " in BNC.
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| 1 | Privately he took St Ives aside and suggested he kept a friendly watch on Dawn Allenby . |
| 2 | ‘ All quiet , but we kept a round-the-clock watch on the stables last night , just in case . |
| 3 | I told her how Aisha kept a close watch on what I ate and drank and how I had to take care of the house and children to pay for my board and lodging . |
| 4 | He kept a close watch on friends he had left behind in Middleton , especially Dave Fielding who was enjoying a fair degree of success with The Chameleons . |
| 5 | Coetzee and his men kept a close watch on Mxenge 's office . |
| 6 | Police kept a 24-hour watch on the villa after Camerini demanded £9 million for Melodie 's return . |
| 7 | Beauty counters and salons kept a tight watch , so it would be impossible . |
| 8 | I kept a careful watch on them when the stock was built up . |
| 9 | From the first the government made every effort to exclude any knowledge or discussion of the French Revolution ; Floridablanca 's cordon sanitaire was the strictest in Europe ; in 1791 he suspended the entire periodical press and kept a careful watch on the large French colony in Spain . |