Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [vb infin] an [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I can keep an eye on the eggs . ’ |
| 2 | Ca n't stop you poking your nose in , but I can keep an eye on you . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ So I can keep an eye on you . |
| 4 | And your Dad and I can keep an eye on you and make sure you 're not overdoing it , for the sake of the little one . ’ |
| 5 | But as you 're here , you might as well stay where I can keep an eye on you . |
| 6 | The Lea & Perrins box this time , where Serafin sat , so that I can keep an eye on Summerchild . |
| 7 | You ca n't go wrong , because I 'm so used to doing these operations that I can keep an eye on the cat 's breathing at the same time . ’ |
| 8 | You can get an edge on yourself by writing . |
| 9 | And like then , like dad said if you 've got a decent sized garden at the back if you wan na extend you can put an extension on the back ca n't you ? |
| 10 | As you wander along the ridge , it 's a long time before you lose sight of its neat white contours , and if you take a strong pair of binoculars on your walk , you can keep an eye on how the housemaid is turning your bed down . |
| 11 | This scheme is practical for people with younger children , too , as you can keep an eye on them while you cook , ’ she points out . |
| 12 | The grill is efficient and can be operated with the door open so you can keep an eye on the food as it cooks . |
| 13 | There could be a positive spin to it because now you can keep an eye on Hurley for us . |
| 14 | Samuel Beckett We want him in a nice jail where we can keep an eye on him . |
| 15 | Patting the chair beside him , he told Daisy , ‘ If Perdita gets the scholarship , Sukey and I may well be going out to New Zealand at the same time to buy some ponies , so we can keep an eye on her . ’ |
| 16 | Well now , look here , I think we 'd better pop you into hospital for a few days , where we can keep an eye on you . |
| 17 | That way we can keep an eye on him and he 'll feel reassured . |
| 18 | That way we can keep an eye on him and make sure he does n't get up to anything too strenuous . |
| 19 | ‘ Now we can keep an eye on her here knowing that usually the blood pressure will soon settle . ’ |
| 20 | However , they do possess certain residual powers and , for example , it has been held that they can bring an action on behalf of the company against a debentureholder for the improper exercise of his powers . |
| 21 | game so they can have an effect on the child so that the outcome is better if you just if you do n't get to them till there the child 's done the SATS and it 's over |
| 22 | One very important thing for older people living alone is to let friends and neighbours know that they are ill , so that they can keep an eye on them and obviously you know , do the shopping and bring in any , anything that they might need . |
| 23 | Joyce 's material supposedly unfolds in the dreaming mind of a Dublin publican ; the story O'Brien 's narrator tells concerns a publican who operates his imagination altogether more systematically , locking up his fictional characters ‘ so that he can keep an eye on them and see that there is no boozing ’ ( O'Brien 1939 and 1975 : 35 ) . |
| 24 | He tries to confine his searching to the area around the nest , presumably so that he can keep an eye on his partner . |
| 25 | Instead of staying with me as he 'd planned , he rents this ancient pile , miles from anywhere , just so he can keep an eye on this stupid female who seems to have got herself into all sorts of trouble over a piece of land — ’ |