Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [adj] eye [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three bassets were already in residence , draped snoring on the fireside rug , but they seemed to be used to Debbie because two of them sniffed her in a bored manner and the third merely cocked a sleepy eye at her before flopping back on the rich pile . |
| 2 | Japanese authorities have turned a blind eye to the rapid expansion of their drift-net fleet . |
| 3 | ‘ Council 's turned a blind eye to it previously but I 'm in charge now and I 'm booking you under the Fireworks and Public Entertainments byelaw . ’ |
| 4 | The Waco sheriff habitually turned a blind eye to Koresh 's activities . |
| 5 | The points were made that parking there can not be dangerous as it is permitted during part of the year , and that the authorities seem to have turned a blind eye to cars parked outside the church during services . |
| 6 | For years , the authorities have turned a blind eye to the slaughter , maintaining that it was a quaint custom which would eventually die out . |
| 7 | The plaintiff must show that the defendant has turned a blind eye to truth in order to advance an ulterior object . |
| 8 | The national populous actually turned a blind eye to atrocities that were happening with human beings . |
| 9 | " They 're always stealing something or other and they 've got a good eye for a thoroughbred . " |
| 10 | It is not perhaps surprising that Sir Walter Scott , with his antiquarian interest , should have had a sharp eye for architectural difference , or even for interior detail , provided it could claim to be antique . |
| 11 | It was also known that he was a hobo in his final years , and that he had always had a keen eye for women . |
| 12 | The foreman cast a professional eye over the indicated damage . |
| 13 | This viewpoint seems to have prevented him from doing more than cast a supercilious eye over the book . |
| 14 | The Countess cast a scathing eye at the dancers who were beginning yet another waltz , then looked back to the Duke . |
| 15 | And just as the MOD has chosen to let such production lines be closed down , rather than pay contractors for the cost of mothballing them , so too has it cast a cold eye on the plight of domestic defence electronics companies . |
| 16 | The aristocracy has kept a tight grip on ‘ the sport of kings ’ and the British royal family have kept a close eye on the Turf — the present Queen is a fine judge of a horse . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | That achievement was greeted with satisfaction by her grandmother , Countess Spencer who had kept an affectionate eye on Diana since the divorce . |