Example sentences of "keep an [noun] on [pers pn] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | One very important thing for older people living alone is to let friends and neighbours know that they are ill , so that they can keep an eye on them and obviously you know , do the shopping and bring in any , anything that they might need . |
| 3 | I wish there was someone I could talk to about the problems — someone who 'd keep an eye on him and watch for him getting bad and get the doctor to do something , sooner ; someone who 'd help him with money , a job , get him out of the room for a bit , give us a break too . |
| 4 | That way we can keep an eye on him and he 'll feel reassured . |
| 5 | That way we can keep an eye on him and make sure he does n't get up to anything too strenuous . |
| 6 | She 's going to sit there in the hospital , and they 'll keep an eye on her and someone will put her on the evening bus , just as she planned . |
| 7 | I 'll install a couple who will keep an eye on her and take care of the grounds . ’ |
| 8 | He said : ‘ I will keep her on the same round but I will keep an eye on her and may switch the rounds . |
| 9 | So I think I 'll keep an eye on it and er . |
| 10 | And your Dad and I can keep an eye on you and make sure you 're not overdoing it , for the sake of the little one . ’ |