Example sentences of "a [adj] eye on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quality control is , of course , the major concern , and Klondyke 's approach is interesting , with everybody keeping a friendly eye on everyone else 's work , so that any faults can be spotted early on and eradicated . |
| 2 | There was n't a dry eye on the set when Toby , 27 , and Sara , 26 , announced they were going to get married . |
| 3 | She fixed a baleful eye on Angelica , and said , ‘ If ever they bring back hanging , I would n't advise you to apply for the job . ’ |
| 4 | Sean and Michael were there too , but they stood at the back looking usher-smart in new suits , and keeping a professional eye on the collecting plate . |
| 5 | Between them , she and Marie-Christine loaded the dish-washer , while Monique , with a tolerant eye on the engrossed pair at the table , made more coffee , before settling down with her petit-point . |
| 6 | The less pubescent diner can cast a detached eye on this ritual from six Formica-topped tables inside the tiny deli-restaurant . |
| 7 | Your name ? ’ so fast that Creggan had to circle to keep him in sight , and could not keep a clear eye on the other one approaching from above . |
| 8 | He or she must be free to keep a careful eye on the operation of the analytical system and the data it produces . |
| 9 | There is no need to become over-anxious about the subject of diet for the elderly.We simply need to keep a careful eye on things , to see that they are eating a good variety of food which includes plenty of protein , dairy products and fresh fruit and vegetables , together with some roughage , which is often best taken in the form of a bran cereal , and which will , in many cases , completely eliminate the problem of constipation and ease that of piles . |
| 10 | He changed taxis twice within three blocks , keeping a careful eye on the black Plymouth sedan which cruised sedately along behind both vehicles . |
| 11 | It keeps a careful eye on stock control to make sure that inventories are maintained at ‘ sensible levels ’ . |
| 12 | Thereafter , ‘ fly the line ’ , keeping a careful eye on drift and timing for the first quarter of the route , and replicating whatever heading is required for the next three- quarters , noting the times to the quarter-points . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's about one per cent , is n't it ? ’ asked Belinda , keeping a careful eye on the road as she drove . |
| 14 | Make sure you keep a careful eye on it — it 's a gem and just as precious ! |
| 15 | A spokesman for Mrs Mary Whitehouse 's National Viewers and Lis-teners ' Association said : ‘ We hope TV watchdogs will keep a careful eye on this programme . ’ |
| 16 | So far he had been quiet , staring into the darkness , though keeping a careful eye on Sir John . |
| 17 | Another had kept a continual eye on the grain trade by serving in a Red Army supply regiment and then managing a state grain-collecting centre . |
| 18 | My parents were from a long line of good people with a strong sense of duty , living at peace with their neighbours , quick to be helpful when it was in their power , understandably a little feudal in their outlook , with a cautious eye on the squire for whom they worked , liking a glass of beer or homemade parsnip wine , and not above a bit of rabbit poaching . |
| 19 | Some severe orange and purple lilies that look like toucans keep a fixed eye on me , as I sit , anchored , killing time . |
| 20 | Mercifully the traffic progresses for fifty yards before it stalls again , and the Rasta does not pursue her further , but Robyn keeps a nervous eye on her rear-view mirror . |
| 21 | I keep a constant eye on what I eat and how much weight I put on . |
| 22 | I knew , of course , that one or other of the suore kept a constant eye on how we behaved , and I knew too that had they noticed anything ‘ unusual ’ I would have been given a severe talking-to and told not to come back . |
| 23 | ‘ I think you will agree that that will make it extremely easy for me to keep a constant eye on you ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I will start work at once , ’ she said , casting a wistful eye on the Clarion Cry which she was leaving behind . |
| 25 | And just as the MOD has chosen to let such production lines be closed down , rather than pay contractors for the cost of mothballing them , so too has it cast a cold eye on the plight of domestic defence electronics companies . |
| 26 | ‘ Why did he want people to cast a cold eye on him ? ’ |
| 27 | Cast a cold eye on National Savings Bank or ordinary accounts ( 2.5–5% ) , and National Savings Certificates which have come to the end of their five year period and are now paying only the ‘ general extension rate ’ of 5.01% . |
| 28 | After a pious and seemingly untroubled Christian upbringing , he was duly confirmed in 1861 at the age of sixteen , but within a year was already casting a cold eye on the case for a " literalistic attitude " towards Christian doctrine and asserting that " the existence of God , immortality , the authority of the Bible , inspiration and other things will always remain problems . |
| 29 | Angelina turned a cold eye on him . |
| 30 | Chapter 2 should help him keep a firm eye on the educational objectives at a time when the technical challenge will tend to dominate his thoughts . |