Example sentences of "keep an eye on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Always check the area you are sailing into to allow for the time when you will be facing battlements but when you crouch in the middle of the boat , do keep an eye on the boom or you 'll end up with a nasty bump on the head . |
| 32 | So why not keep an eye on the steering , and forgo any announcement to interested passengers that there was now , say , a splendid view of the Atlantic Ocean down below ? |
| 33 | At the same time the SMS Manager checks that the various storage groups and classes have been set up properly , while the Hierarchical Storage Manager keeps an eye on the way in which data is migrated across media types , avoiding the thrashing that can occur when , for example an application accesses some data every four days and the system is set up to dump unused data to tape storage after three . |
| 34 | A good general practitioner keeps an eye on the health of his elderly patients , knows the score , and can conduct the whole orchestra of welfare on their behalf when they need it . |
| 35 | I 've asked Lissa to keep an eye on the computer . |
| 36 | Once Duncan had managed to fire off a report and stop his watch-replacement from stumbling on the terrorists , he had settled down to keep an eye on the gang . |
| 37 | Lucy Lane was assigned to the bookshop ; among other things to keep an eye on the opening of the safe . |
| 38 | We held our climb at full throttle , ‘ Tiger ’ on my starboard flank , and searched the sky for enemy fighters while trying to keep an eye on the squadron to port and soon well below us . ’ |
| 39 | This sometimes invisible deity is usually meant to keep an eye on the working of the account , provide advice and experience if problems arise , and share a drink once or twice a year with your managing director or chairperson . |
| 40 | ‘ No thanks , Alan , I 'll do it , because I need to keep an eye on the soufflé anyway . |
| 41 | I only hope that the police committee will actually support those and get on towards introducing them , because that is a way of using some of the people in our village communities to erm , to keep an eye on the community and see that those people that should n't go round . |
| 42 | The previous owner had parked a large , old-fashioned caravan at the back and the Canadian had made no difficulty about letting this to Neil for two pounds a week , seeing it as a useful way of having someone to keep an eye on the property . |
| 43 | Can you get someone to keep an eye on the flat ? " |
| 44 | Lewis and Beryl , of course , had never gone near Wyvis Hall , they would not have laid themselves open to such humiliation , to the possibility of their way being barred by some yokel , paid by Adam to keep an eye on the place . |
| 45 | These days I pay someone from Brides Haven to come over here at regular intervals to keep an eye on the place . ’ |
| 46 | We are accountable to the public in many different ways , and we always have to keep an eye on the fact that the public are looking at what we are doing with our money and local politicians and the community 's representatives are always anxious to talk to us about what we are doing with that money and we must be prepared to answer any queries or any questions on our activities or those activities of people that we 're sponsoring . |
| 47 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention — although anything that the Government nationalise they may flog off at a profit at a later date , so I ask him to keep an eye on the situation . |
| 48 | Employment opportunities for graduates are constantly changing so you need to keep an eye on the situation throughout your time as a student . |
| 49 | He had to have the case near him all the time , to keep an eye on the lifesign meters . |
| 50 | ’ I 'll need to keep an eye on the time , ’ he said . |
| 51 | During the summer months I can usually get away with leaving my boat conveniently tied up to the pier , but only if I am at home to keep an eye on the weather : in Shetland , even in summer , a gale can blow up from the south east , causing a swell to set into the voe . |
| 52 | Coober Pedy ( form the aboriginal kupa piti meaning " white man 's burrow " ) has a large migrant population but it was an Australian who dug me out when I became bogged down in the dull-dust , and an old swagman on the road who warned me to keep an eye on the weather . |
| 53 | Officers joined their men , directing them to take up positions in the main access tunnels , while the main group was despatched to keep an eye on the dock area . |
| 54 | Keep an eye on the spaghetti . |
| 55 | ‘ Keep an eye on the drip , ’ said David Kent automatically , as they left the bedside . |
| 56 | Please go and keep an eye on the office . ’ |
| 57 | In two and a half years she has won over 40 trophies and hundreds of rosettes so do n't despair , Kathy , keep an eye on the condition and just enjoy your horse . |
| 58 | But keep an eye on the baby 's symptoms — it may have problems with these milks too , because of cross-reactivity ( see p 295 ) between the proteins . |
| 59 | However , the truth will out and in each of the 72 National Bus Company sell-offs those who keep an eye on the industry were in a strong position to find out what was paid . |
| 60 | She knows that if she had pointed this out to William , and expressed her own wish to take child , and papers , to the Common , William would obligingly have offered to stay at home and chop carrots and peel potatoes and keep an eye on the lamb in the oven . |