Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , fluorescent light can damage the eye , so if there is a choice of lighting , use ordinary light bulbs . |
| 2 | Do n't cover the eye itself , as it will want to swell , and you will want to be able to see it . |
| 3 | Instead of lawn … ruler-straight path … shrubs ( all of which can be taken in at a single glance , and are as individual as frozen pizzas ) , why not make the eye work ? |
| 4 | Much more rarely , Candida can invade the eye , kidney , liver or brain , doing serious damage . |
| 5 | Unlike the Joie de Vivre , which was intended to soothe and delight the eye , the Demoiselles can hardly have been calculated to please . |
| 6 | Protasov and Litovchenko will catch the eye in Italy . |
| 7 | They would include : opportunities for students to see or experience equipment or processes which are not on offer within the institution ; the chance for a student to sample a possible future job or career ; the opportunity to learn something ( not much ) of the lives led in employment by their neighbours , their parents or their peer-group , so that they may grow up more understanding and more tolerant ( this rather pious hope may in fact be quite unjustified , they may have confirmed or developed disdain or envy for others ) ; a good student may catch the eye of an employer looking for a later recruit ; absence may lend enchantment to the view of the college and the students may return from work-experience reassured about their choice of education ; students may be motivated to work hard at college by the prospect of either securing a job like the one they have seen or tried , or by the determination to avoid a similar fate ; all these outcomes may be little more predictable than the consequences of going to the zoo for a visit . |
| 8 | Posters and signs may be placed anywhere they will catch the eye of potential customers : on hoardings , walls and windows , on boards outside the shop ; on vehicles and delivery vans ; inside and outside buses . |
| 9 | At the end of the day I thought it looked very attractive , but whether it will catch the eye of a customer when I display it on the craft stall is another matter . |
| 10 | If any of the trialists did catch the eye of Glenn Hoddle and his staff , they 'd still need work permits . |
| 11 | If you are uncertain of the type of frame you want to use , or even of the very important role it plays in setting off the finished picture , browsing through the photographs in this book should give you a good idea of the tremendous versatility of frames , and also show you how the correct frame will focus the eye on the design itself , as well as balance all its elements . |
| 12 | Must I dot every eye and cross every tee ? ’ |
| 13 | I ca n't keep the eye open and I fumble my way to the bathroom to clean my contact lens . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll warn Mrs Pettifer they 're on their way , ’ said the sergeant , ‘ Then you 'd better keep an eye on the old lady and I 'll watch the froggie geezer . |
| 15 | Mr Catlett was deputized to ‘ keep an eye on everything ’ while Perkins went up to the vicarage to make his 'phone call . |
| 16 | Allan here can keep an eye on this place , and handle ambitious little Robertson if he tries to nail up his damned lists . |
| 17 | Samuel Beckett We want him in a nice jail where we can keep an eye on him . |
| 18 | Does a neighbour keep an eye on your house while you are away ? |
| 19 | Mrs Parvis 'll keep an eye on you . |
| 20 | Then I can keep an eye on the eggs . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Said I 'd keep an eye on the kiddy for an hour or two . |
| 22 | ‘ We say we ca n't keep an eye on them all the time , but the girls are under strict control . ’ |
| 23 | The areas where neighbours would keep an eye on things were Wester Ross and Speyside , both close-knit farming communities . |
| 24 | We 'll keep an eye on 'un . ’ |
| 25 | Patrick , much better but still weak , had become a paying guest ( Jack paid ) at Moxie 's house , where Moxie had a self-contained flatlet , often let to a student , and where she could ‘ keep an eye ’ on Pat . |
| 26 | Joyce 's material supposedly unfolds in the dreaming mind of a Dublin publican ; the story O'Brien 's narrator tells concerns a publican who operates his imagination altogether more systematically , locking up his fictional characters ‘ so that he can keep an eye on them and see that there is no boozing ’ ( O'Brien 1939 and 1975 : 35 ) . |
| 27 | Two , he could go along with Marler , pretend to accept him at face value , and this way he could keep an eye on him . |
| 28 | As you wander along the ridge , it 's a long time before you lose sight of its neat white contours , and if you take a strong pair of binoculars on your walk , you can keep an eye on how the housemaid is turning your bed down . |
| 29 | Whilst sailing in surf you should always keep an eye out for these sets since if you do n't you may suddenly find yourself amongst the larger waves whose ‘ rinse cycles ’ are considerably more vigorous than that of a washing machine . |
| 30 | From where does he keep an eye on things ? |