Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [art] [adj] eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until then , police practice involved turning a blind eye to minor breaches of public decency rather than embarking on lengthy prosecutions . |
| 2 | ‘ He was one of the top men we tried to keep a close eye on — when we could . |
| 3 | At photo opportunities or on walkabouts , he seemed to see a Private Eye cover picture in every handshake or pram . |
| 4 | clip of the ear , nothing like that , but if if you 'd got a black eye . |
| 5 | As women began to cast a critical eye over the discipline of philosophy , a number of different types of work appeared . |
| 6 | Towards the end of the eighth-century the Lombard kings began to cast a jealous eye on the remnant Roman Empire to the south . |
| 7 | De Craon decided to keep a wary eye on Edward . |
| 8 | Over-fishing is avoided , and two men employed to keep a wary eye out for mussel rustlers . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | But she had known as soon as she had seen the glazed eye that this was death . |
| 12 | At length he paused to wipe a tearful eye , |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | From his new home in England he had kept a close eye and ear as one disaster followed another . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | That achievement was greeted with satisfaction by her grandmother , Countess Spencer who had kept an affectionate eye on Diana since the divorce . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |