Example sentences of "[pron] could keep [art] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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1 | From my place on the gallery I could keep a watch on Claire 's door and on what was happening in the hall below . |
2 | ‘ I wanted him where I could keep an eye on him , ’ said Mr Malik through his hands . |
3 | I had this brilliant idea to blend into the scenery just so I could keep an eye on you . |
4 | While the others snatched a midday break , Emily 's daughter-in-law Maudie took her turn of duty in the shop , and she always had her small son with her so she could keep an eye on him . |
5 | Placing her feet carefully , Ace crept around the perimeter of the low scrub that surrounded the hilltop , finally finding a position overlooking the road , where she could keep an eye on whoever was approaching . |
6 | ‘ So they could keep an eye on it , I assume . |
7 | At least this way they could keep an eye on the supply source . |
8 | Two , he could go along with Marler , pretend to accept him at face value , and this way he could keep an eye on him . |
9 | Titch left him a key , you see , while he was away , so he could keep an eye on the place , or maybe if he wanted to do some painting , the way your nan carried on about him doing it at home — anyway , he went round there that night . ’ |
10 | He spent three years in New York State as resident secretary of the Sleepy Hollow Country Club , a rich men 's recreation park on the Hudson River , whence he could keep an eye on wealthy Irish-Americans . |
11 | From inside , he could keep an eye on his own house where nothing much seemed to be happening . |
12 | The Hepburns proved hardly more reliable , but did keep a hold on the castle and — so far as anyone could keep a hold on such a region — the lordship of Liddesdale . |