Example sentences of "[noun sg] to keep an eye on " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a good , happy and well-looked-after staff and a first-class butler in charge of everything , all you needed was a committee of half a dozen blokes who were elected by popular vote to keep an eye on things and keep things lively , come up with new ideas , that sort of stuff . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The Queen Mother is also a shrewd judge of character who makes it her business to keep an eye on new members of the family and , if necessary , step in to protect her beloved ‘ firm ’ . |
| 4 | One point to keep an eye on here is that the page printer has sufficient memory , a full page graphic at 300 dots per inch needs about 1M of RAM . |
| 5 | Dunan and twenty Hearthwares were out in the Circle to keep an eye on them anyway . |
| 6 | The author 's been unable to resist popping down to the set once in a while to keep an eye on how it 's going . |
| 7 | Satraps usually had the military authority where the satrapal authority was divided , as it sometimes was ( see p. 281 ) ; and such divided commands could enable the king to keep an eye on the ambitious . |
| 8 | He told us unsettling stories of Chinese merchants who had insisted on travelling aboard the prahus to keep an eye on their cargo , and had somehow been lost overboard while their merchandise appeared for sale in harbours far from their intended destination . |
| 9 | The oldest are working , and their father is always on hand to keep an eye on the others . |
| 10 | Another advantage of such places is that they often have someone on hand to keep an eye on the exhibitions . |
| 11 | More than 100 are on duty to keep an eye on the 2,000 clubgoers who nightly dance or drink away the small hours from 11pm to 6am . |
| 12 | The year before , Ruari had built himself a wee turf hut among the skeps on the moor to keep an eye on them , but Mairi complained about having to bring his food so far , and he 'd given up using it . |
| 13 | The ability to keep an eye on oneself-a critical eye , at that — is the taken-for-granted sine qua non of a higher education . |
| 14 | It 's a really good way to keep an eye on other sprinters and suss out the competition . |
| 15 | Ask a neighbour to keep an eye on your house . |
| 16 | Ask a neighbour to keep an eye on your home . |
| 17 | But asking a trusty neighbour to keep an eye on your property should mean you can enjoy your holiday without worrying about what you might find when you get home . |
| 18 | Neighbours , by definition , have the advantage of proximity and are in a better position to keep an eye on elderly or infirm people living nearby . |
| 19 | Since even the neophyte practises on his own , there is no senior partner to keep an eye on him and to clamp down upon him if he is incompetent.s |
| 20 | DC Curnow has stayed at the house to keep an eye on Glynn . ’ |
| 21 | Wheeler may have been ‘ given a charge ’ as the phrase goes , by the Bishop to keep an eye on Paul when he went to his new parish at Markham cum Cumbermound . ’ |
| 22 | A special commissary , Egidius , was sent by the pope to keep an eye on Conrad . |