Example sentences of "an eye on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout the day those working the lifts and keeping an eye on skiers actually — wait for it — smiled . |
| 2 | There could be a positive spin to it because now you can keep an eye on Hurley for us . |
| 3 | But I have to keep an eye on prices . |
| 4 | Of course Madame keeping an eye on O was nothing new . |
| 5 | True , it did so cautiously — the cut in the discount rate from 8.0 to 7.5 per cent ( with no change in the Lombard rate ) does indeed represent a modest move — but this caution is clearly an attempt to take account of the slowdown of the German economy while signalling that the central bankers are continuing to keep an eye on inflation . |
| 6 | I know you wo n't let me down , C.W. Just keep an eye on Bailey 's goons . |
| 7 | Still trying to keep an eye on Cardiff , Duvall joined Rohmer and looked into the corridor . |
| 8 | Keep an eye on youngsters , and teach them to recognise danger too . |
| 9 | ‘ Still , at least you seem to appreciate I 've given you the plum job , whilst landing myself with the task of keeping an eye on Fedorov . |
| 10 | After this uncharacteristic lapse into gravity , Aranyos continued , ‘ The main reason I was there was to keep an eye on Fedorov . |
| 11 | ‘ Where do you come from ? ’ asked Betty with an eye on Lydia . |
| 12 | And if you 're a policeman on the beat , with an eye on promotion , what easier way to keep your arrest rate up than to go out and pull in some black kids off the street . |
| 13 | Of course , no government with half an eye on re-election would ever legalise anything it did n't have to . |
| 14 | Among these is the establishment of a board of trustees which would keep an eye on expenditure of budget resources and financial allocations , setting up a charity council , drafting completely new regulations for the museum , the foundation of a commercial marketing service and other moves . |
| 15 | Why do n't you go and have a sleep for a couple of hours while I keep an eye on Chris ? ’ |
| 16 | Few authorities are likely to follow Westminster , although many will keep an eye on developments . |
| 17 | What the company will contribute or take from OMG is unclear , even to Sybase itself at the moment ; it says it is keeping an eye on developments . |
| 18 | Saddam had returned to the south , to keep an eye on developments , as soon as an offensive was regarded as likely . |
| 19 | Yeah erm I du n no if it would do much good actually but er yeah but er no she , she 's , she 's quite good about you know sort of erm you know kind of keeping an eye on students and , and stuff like that , anyway er so if you could right |
| 20 | Surrounded by his flock he nonetheless had an eye on Omi and Erika and , although he made no apparent attempt to meet them , Erika and Omi found themselves facing him . |
| 21 | WARRINGTON skipper Bob Jackson came within an eighth of an inch of losing an eye on Sunday . |
| 22 | Claudio Bartolini will be there to keep an eye on £5.5million Gazza , who is set to make his first competitive outing for more than 15 months . |
| 23 | Had no such provision been made , and had it merely been left to the initiative of backbenchers to keep an eye on instruments tabled , it is highly probable that many instruments would become or remain law with never a critical eye being cast over them . |
| 24 | If this chemical were released into the air surrounding the leaves , it would act as a first line of defence , repelling aphids with an eye on predation . |
| 25 | ‘ William , ’ said Tom , ‘ go and keep an eye on Sam . |
| 26 | They went to cabin 10 that night ; Jane because nothing would have kept her away ; Lucinda because she had nothing better to do ; and Vi reluctantly , because someone had to keep an eye on Lilith and her peculiar ways and maybe , though the eldest of the trio would never have admitted it , because she was more than a little curious about the birthday message . |
| 27 | 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 . ’ |
| 28 | A special commissary , Egidius , was sent by the pope to keep an eye on Conrad . |
| 29 | He claims keeping an eye on statistics , no less , helped him realise what was required of him . |
| 30 | So I 'm not a for a moment suggesting that some rules and regulations are n't needed and I think that er the trouble is that every rule and regulation that is passed in this house , there 's always an excuse for it and there 's usually a very good reason for it , but that is the problem that the government faces and it 's quite fairly er a problem the treasury face when they introduce these statutory instruments because er no one can disagree that fraud must be stamped out , all I 'm actually saying is that unfortunately upstairs we have a deregulation bill going ahead at all pace with hundreds of clauses and hundreds of new rules to try and red hundreds of new clauses to reduce the number of rules and here we are downstairs on the floor we have passing for very good reason perhaps , more rules and regulations and there are four more tonight and I believe that every government department Madam deputy speaker , has a minister specially appointed to keep an eye on deregulation and I just wondered although er my honourable friend on the front bench mentioned that er the even the D T I minister responsible for deregulation has looked at these , I wonder if there is a minister in the treasury , they 've actually put a minister in the treasury responsible for deregulation or is the ministry actually above deregulation because I think that er I got the impression that the that every ministry would have a deregulation minister and I think it would be rather useful to know who the deregulation minister is in the treasury . |