Example sentences of "an eye [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She turned her from pink to soft blue and grey-green and gold , to the satisfaction of everyone with an eye for colour . |
| 2 | Find out how to use your eyes as your best accessory during the Prescriptives ‘ Have You An Eye For Colour ’ promotion . |
| 3 | Many skills such as ploughing , using a scythe , working with horses , or developing an eye for livestock may take years to attain ; the later in life you come to it , the slower the progress . |
| 4 | MoM : Stockwell , Ipswich ( Gutsy grafter with an eye for goal ) . |
| 5 | He is a powerhouse , a battering ram , but also has touch and an eye for goal . |
| 6 | She says women have an eye for minutiae , they see the curtain has n't been drawn or the untied shoelace . |
| 7 | Kylie has always had an eye for composition and colour , and is particularly gifted in the art of watercolour . |
| 8 | That Desmond , I 'm pretty sure , has an eye for money . ’ |
| 9 | He scored 15 and 1 , but he was clearly a man with an eye for posterity . |
| 10 | Directed by Val May , this archly absorbing escapade also features Deborah Watling ( Emma Kent ) , and Rowland Davies as the police inspector with an eye for apprehension . |
| 11 | I have an eye for championship clay court style with a technical and a mental approach that I nickname , ‘ heads and feet ’ . ’ |
| 12 | Queen Mary had such an eye for antiques , you see , if she 'd seen them , she 'd have gone off with the lot . |
| 13 | ‘ In my profession , it pays to have an eye for art . |
| 14 | It 's tough work staging the Battle of Edgehill , with an eye for authenticity and tough on the props that bring realism to a 350 year old battle . |
| 15 | The Determined Potater : This children 's film tells of a spud with an eye for advancement . |
| 16 | She had an eye for talent which they respected , she knew how to pick her designers , and could be relied on to spot a trend developing and to promote it . |
| 17 | What troubles the admirer of Lewis the critic — the man who had such an eye for excellence in the poets of past ages — is that he could be capable of stanza after stanza in which the verse is deadened by flat language , repeated clumsy enjambments and sheer technical incompetence . |
| 18 | Ernest had an eye for detail , and Undertown displays this to the hilt . |
| 19 | The sketch was from memory , but he had an eye for detail . |
| 20 | No good for your keen voyeur with an eye for detail , not even with the curtains open , blurred white shapes , very frustrating . |
| 21 | DEVELOPING AN EYE FOR DETAIL |
| 22 | Good arrangements and an eye for detail can only be achieved with practice , so it may help to have a few guidelines to follow in the first place , if only to act as a spring board for producing interesting and unusual ideas of your own . |
| 23 | His sexual adventures were recounted with such an eye for detail . ’ |
| 24 | Besides , those who thoroughly understand the possibilities of their own language are more likely to want to venture into the world of literature than those who have never been taught to have an ear or an eye for language . |
| 25 | A. N. L. Munby [ q.v. ] described him as ‘ a collector with an eye for quality and the means to indulge it without stint ’ and , no doubt in tribute to the superb quality of his illuminated manuscripts and early printed books , referred to him as the ‘ Ideal Connoisseur ’ . |
| 26 | The scope for an entrepreneur to get in on the ground floor and turn petrol stations into shops supplying parts and oils was obvious — to those with an eye for business . |
| 27 | He has an eye for beauty , I would say . |
| 28 | ‘ You do seem to have an eye for essentials . ’ |
| 29 | For those with an eye for designer style , Earth Clothing , is a must . |
| 30 | Beardsley and David Platt would provide a very mobile midfield that also has an eye for goals . |