Example sentences of "had a eye [prep] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Similarly , David Tagg of Grand Metropolitan referred to using headhunters when he had an eye on a specific person within another company : a headhunter could discreetly and confidentially find out if that person might consider moving , before the name of the interested party , i.e. Grand Metropolitan , need be revealed . |
| 2 | He had an eye on the goal difference as Newcastle were closing the gap between us and Sheff Utd . |
| 3 | She knew that he had an eye to the future , the farm was a desirable property . |
| 4 | He was committed to middle-of-the-road filmmaking , which he defined as ‘ escape entertainment of pleasant people in pleasant surroundings doing pleasant things ’ , had an eye for a subject that could be exploited , and was fascinated by stardom . |
| 5 | As a former building contractor , he had an eye for a sound investment in bricks and mortar . |
| 6 | She always had an eye for a bargain and was very astute in her shopping . |
| 7 | Watching him in the market she saw how popular he was , and certainly he had an eye for the best produce on offer , but when it came to the exchange of cash he parted with it too readily . |
| 8 | It was rumoured that Laura had an eye for the men , which did nothing to consolidate the marriage , or to abate Woolridge 's white-hot temper , which was never far away . |
| 9 | ‘ He had an eye for the women , you mean ? ’ |
| 10 | I mean sexy little telephone calls between he who will be king and his , is she a mistress , is she a girlfriend , is she merely a friend , but at any event she 's married and her husband 's in the next bedroom as far as we can gather , you know erm do those kind of conversations and would , I mean maybe it 's important to sort of say and Anne probably has this , but Peter might not , I mean when I grew up the Royal Family were a cert sort of image and you might have known about George the Third who was mad , I mean who else was brought up George the Third was mad and Geor an and this guy was a , a drunk and this guy was a a womaniser , this guy was this , but Victoria you know mourned for sixty years or whatever it was , but this Royal Family , I E the , the Royal Family with which I grew up and Anne did were really sweet nice little Windsors who behaved themselves and that was what was , went into our psychic and there was the odd crack about Phil the Great who 's the Queen 's husband , you know and how he perhaps had an eye for the ladies , but there was never any photographs of him being or any evidence that it might have gone further than that particular and basically there was , that any , there was the fact that he was a sailor when he married the Queen anyway so all sailors are like that are n't they ! |
| 11 | She had an eye for the clean lines of a good design , did n't she ? |
| 12 | You 'd think this bird had an eye for the women . |