Example sentences of "with [art] eye [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pouches the ball with the eye of a major league outfielder , and that is because he was a player of some repute before he gave up the bat for the bag at the start of the 1970s . |
| 2 | They conclude : ‘ We therefore approach the passive with an eye to a bold simplification of the problems of meaning . |
| 3 | With an eye to a safe driving career , Neil Brown from Wing near Aylesbury was declared the winner . |
| 4 | With an eye for a nice little earner , Del Trotter dictated his letter of application to chief sports writer Roy Collins . |
| 5 | Tottenham chief executive Terry Venables has arranged for Lazio to return in November , and Alan Sugar , chairman of Tottenham Hotspur plc , said : ‘ Those with an eye for a popular event will immediately recognise the potential of these fixtures . |
| 6 | ‘ I could be quite wrong here , but amongst the French soldiers likely to attend the opera is one of exalted rank , married to an ageing but unfaithful wife , and with an eye for a pretty woman … ’ |
| 7 | He became a household name after his role as the caddish Ralph Gorse in The Charmer — and even in those Lloyds Bank ads , he plays a smoothie with an eye for a pretty girl . |
| 8 | Those with an eye for a lucrative deal raced to convert every spare inch of space — from barns and warehouses to derelict docksides — into fashionable homes . |