Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [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 | ‘ 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 | Mark jerked the door open and turned to face the American eyes hardened with anger . |
| 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 | At length he paused to wipe a tearful eye , |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |