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Example sentences of "a [adj] eye [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1	There was n't a dry eye on the set when Toby , 27 , and Sara , 26 , announced they were going to get married .
2	There was n't a dry eye in the house .
3	There was n't a dry eye in the house .
4	There 's not a dry eye in the house as Mr Punch and a startled Toby perform ‘ Auld Lang Syne ’ , by Trevor Holte , August 1990 .
5	Not a dry eye in the …
6	‘ There wo n't be a dry eye in the place by the time you 've finished , ’ she murmured .
7	With the coat-collar of his Burberry turned up , he reminded her of a private eye in a film — she was under surveillance , everything about him accentuated his detailed analysis of her appearance , and she felt a shiver at what it might portend .
8	Rusty looked out with a baleful eye from the front page .
9	Sharpe cast a professional eye at the smoke of the French cooking fires .
10	Sean and Michael were there too , but they stood at the back looking usher-smart in new suits , and keeping a professional eye on the collecting plate .
11	The foreman cast a professional eye over the indicated damage .
12	‘ Cheryl , I wonder if you would be so kind as to cast a professional eye over the experimental laboratories for me . ’
13	He cast a professional eye over the report .
14	Indeed , its strength is that it casts a caustic eye over the club scene , dealing with familiar situations with enough self-deprecation and sarcasm to stem any pretension .
15	Between them , she and Marie-Christine loaded the dish-washer , while Monique , with a tolerant eye on the engrossed pair at the table , made more coffee , before settling down with her petit-point .
16	The radical Mamba darabiner turned a few eyes on the DMM stand .
17	Your name ? ’ so fast that Creggan had to circle to keep him in sight , and could not keep a clear eye on the other one approaching from above .
18	He or she must be free to keep a careful eye on the operation of the analytical system and the data it produces .
19	He changed taxis twice within three blocks , keeping a careful eye on the black Plymouth sedan which cruised sedately along behind both vehicles .
20	‘ It 's about one per cent , is n't it ? ’ asked Belinda , keeping a careful eye on the road as she drove .
21	The restoration of the monarchy and its patronage proved a particularly valuable source of wealth and position to those who had remained faithful or changed their allegiance with a careful eye to the future .
22	I would also nominate William Trevor , who is comparison a miniaturist with a Dostoevskian eye for the odd little incident , the world of the irrational and the way it impinges on ordinary life . ’
23	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 .
24	She cast a malevolent eye at the window as a squall of rain battered the glass , then began an inspection of supplies .
25	If we do this , we might also cast a jaundiced eye at the view that serious criminals are ‘ pathological ’ .
26	‘ Oh , is that why you thought it safe to come back to the parlour after your arduous work in the surgery ? ’ said McAllister dangerously , casting a sarcastic eye at the half-read novel in his hand .
27	My parents were from a long line of good people with a strong sense of duty , living at peace with their neighbours , quick to be helpful when it was in their power , understandably a little feudal in their outlook , with a cautious eye on the squire for whom they worked , liking a glass of beer or homemade parsnip wine , and not above a bit of rabbit poaching .
28	Dr Foley had a wandering eye as a young man .
29	The cheery chappie with a quizzical eye behind the white beard and red cowl is a familiar face around the company .
30	With a fine eye for a ‘ newsworthy ’ item , the News of the World ( 28 August 1898 ) blamed youths for wasting water by larking about with street taps , but the socialist press saw a more permanent difficulty in the negligence of the private water companies .