Example sentences of "[pron] to keep an eye on " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Can you get someone to keep an eye on the flat ? " |
| 3 | There 's always someone to keep an eye on the kids , and it does n't seem to bother them having children round and up till all hours . |
| 4 | He was desperately trying to kick the habit on his own , but he needed moral support and someone to keep an eye on him . |
| 5 | So I must leave him here , and you to keep an eye on him . |
| 6 | ‘ Listen , Geraci , I want you to keep an eye on the other two for me . ’ |
| 7 | In two cases , because they were part-time farms and there was no one to keep an eye on the cows and calves , these had to be sold and replaced with store stock . |
| 8 | The farmer and his neighbours were all friends so it was just a case of asking them to keep an eye on their moggies , and spying on a few of the plumper-looking ones — successful hunters , we assumed . |
| 9 | I did a 50% water change and phoned the manufacturer who told me to keep an eye on things . |
| 10 | My fields are too far from the Manor for me to keep an eye on them . |
| 11 | ‘ And your mother has asked me to keep an eye on you while she is away . ’ |
| 12 | As a matter of fact , Matthew asked me to keep an eye on him — I think he felt guilty . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Because the colonel asked me to keep an eye on you . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Asked me to keep an eye on you , ’ he repeated mildly as he skilfully opened the bottle of wine . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Well it was the same no distinction at all in that sense , but er you know we were sort of they had more serious things to talk about than I wan er you know I knew the cook , er couple of o other apprentices from the carpenters shop we used to go into the main th there was no-one to keep an eye on us in the in the mess-room you see , no-one to tell us . |
| 17 | A new range of weather monitors that enable everyone to keep an eye on prevailing conditions is now available from Davis Instruments . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He also asked her to keep an eye on his widow because he had heard about the carrying-on with the women-folk . |