Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [art] [adj] eye " in BNC.

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1 My sister took a bit of stick at first , too , and although she 's two years younger than me and was in a different class , we stuck together at break times and tried to avoid the sneering eyes .
2 Until then , police practice involved turning a blind eye to minor breaches of public decency rather than embarking on lengthy prosecutions .
3 ‘ He was one of the top men we tried to keep a close eye on — when we could .
4 At photo opportunities or on walkabouts , he seemed to see a Private Eye cover picture in every handshake or pram .
5 clip of the ear , nothing like that , but if if you 'd got a black eye .
6 Mark jerked the door open and turned to face the American eyes hardened with anger .
7 As women began to cast a critical eye over the discipline of philosophy , a number of different types of work appeared .
8 Towards the end of the eighth-century the Lombard kings began to cast a jealous eye on the remnant Roman Empire to the south .
9 De Craon decided to keep a wary eye on Edward .
10 Over-fishing is avoided , and two men employed to keep a wary eye out for mussel rustlers .
11 He apologised to readers and to Philips Dictation Systems : ‘ Could of was simply a typesetting error that slipped passed the keenest eyes ’ , he wrote .
12 Whereas Nicolae preferred to turn a blind eye to his son 's misdemeanours , which were so unlike his own abstemious and dedicated youth , Elena seemed almost to prefer Nicu 's bad behaviour to Valentin 's modest and retiring example .
13 The same people who had turned a blind eye as they passed Clary in their snooty fashion , would regard this esteemed gentleman with admiration , perceiving Clarence , as a high-class citizen of Chichester .
14 But she had known as soon as she had seen the glazed eye that this was death .
15 At length he paused to wipe a tearful eye ,
16 It is true that even during the final talks in Moscow the American delegation had to keep a wary eye on those at home who argued against the surrender of the advantages which they expected the United States to derive from further tests above ground .
17 From his new home in England he had kept a close eye and ear as one disaster followed another .
18 ‘ I was rather wondering , Uncle , ’ he smiled at the man who had kept a fatherly eye on him from the age of ten , ‘ how you felt about serving some of that excellent champagne I know you have in your cellar . ’
19 Another had kept a continual eye on the grain trade by serving in a Red Army supply regiment and then managing a state grain-collecting centre .
20 That achievement was greeted with satisfaction by her grandmother , Countess Spencer who had kept an affectionate eye on Diana since the divorce .
21 Sam was going to a tutorial college , where the staff tended to keep a close eye on their pupils , being moderately well paid to do so , while Camille was still at a local comprehensive where the teachers no longer cared much about anything .
22 Its permanent members tended to turn a myopic eye to brutal domestic behaviour on the argument that ‘ he may be a sonofabitch but he 's our sonofabitch . ’
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