Example sentences of "[pos pn] eye for the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I closed my eyes for the rest of the journey as it had been a busy two days and I did n't feel lik& going to the council offices either , It would be too late anyway so I decided to take a stroll by the river and see how Nigel was getting on with the excavations .
2 She glanced in the mirror and declared I had wrecked her eyes for the rest of the day .
3 This time the chasm yawned in front of her , and she knew that she might close her eyes for the moment , but she was already taking little steps towards the edge .
4 After 64 years in the inky trade , his pen is still busy , his eye for the news as discerning as ever .
5 James Kelly : His pen is still busy , his eye for the news as discerning as ever .
6 Sister will put a pad over your eye for the time being ; I 'll telephone the hospital and we 'll arrange for someone to drive you over there . ’
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