Example sentences of "keep a wary eye [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tossed the first stone at the small wooden framed bedroom window on the lefthand side of the cottage , keeping a wary eye on the righthand window at the same time . |
| 2 | Corbett rode quietly between them , keeping a wary eye on Ranulf who , after staring round-eyed at everything , began to mimic the strange accents , and drew dark looks from a number of passers-by . |
| 3 | He had been keeping a wary eye on Jacques Devraux while he made another laborious copy of the revolutionary tract and he stopped writing to watch the Frenchman walk back to his own quarters . |
| 4 | He breathed a sigh of relief as he heard Corbett begin to play gently on the lute he always carried , a sign his master was content , reflecting on his own secret thoughts and not keeping a wary eye on him . |
| 5 | Only a few , largely of the younger members , consider that at least for the first few years after an election , the House as a whole should keep a wary eye on the government and seek to support or influence its policy irrespective of the line taken by the official Opposition . |
| 6 | Luke Steer keeps a wary eye on the fulmars as he negotiates the finishing ledges ( photos ) |
| 7 | There was a journalist , too — or maybe Antonio Francesca Pigafetta was a Venetian spy , since he came from Venice , was an acquaintance of the Doge and could well have been told to keep a wary eye on Spanish imperial ambitions in the East . |
| 8 | However , the Soviet Union still has to contend with the need , perhaps more pressing than in most areas of the world , to keep a wary eye on Washington when considering its options in South and , since 1979 particularly , Central America . |
| 9 | De Craon decided to keep a wary eye on Edward . |
| 10 | It is true that even during the final talks in Moscow the American delegation had to keep a wary eye on those at home who argued against the surrender of the advantages which they expected the United States to derive from further tests above ground . |
| 11 | We 've go to keep a wary eye on what they 're doing . |
| 12 | Long necks and long legs enable the birds to both keep a wary eye over the landscape and to make a speedy departure should they be threatened . |
| 13 | Jimmy seemed aware of that too , and kept a wary eye on him while he addressed Cardiff . |
| 14 | I kept a wary eye on Santerre for this bluff manor lord , usually afraid of nothing , stayed near the door like a child frightened of a dark , strange room . |