Example sentences of "to keep an eye on [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stayed with the first secretary , H. A. R. Philby , who had promised to keep an eye on him . |
| 2 | So I must leave him here , and you to keep an eye on him . |
| 3 | Meredith Jones — who relished his protégé 's roughness — was aware of that and told his friend Philip Burton to keep an eye on him , make sure he did not let slip this second and last chance . |
| 4 | Philip came up to keep an eye on him for a week or so . |
| 5 | Ifor came up now and then to keep an eye on him . |
| 6 | Someone had to keep an eye on him . |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | As a matter of fact , Matthew asked me to keep an eye on him — I think he felt guilty . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ If I could n't get rid of him straight away , then I meant to keep an eye on him , ’ he interrupted grimly . |
| 10 | I wanted to keep an eye on him . |
| 11 | He was desperately trying to kick the habit on his own , but he needed moral support and someone to keep an eye on him . |
| 12 | she 'll have to keep an eye on him then . |
| 13 | Maybe Carmichael sent some guys to keep an eye on me . |
| 14 | And what on earth do you mean , you 've ‘ promised to keep an eye on me ’ ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Had the centre not been there to keep an eye on me , I would have probably been admitted to hospital the previous week and kept in . ’ |
| 16 | They do tend to keep an eye on me anyway . |
| 17 | You want to keep an eye on her . |
| 18 | Suppose Betty had come with her not to gambol on the blades of grass , not to ask her collaboration in salad-making but to keep an eye on her . |
| 19 | ‘ We agreed to keep an eye on her and stop Hilary jumping the gun on us . |
| 20 | Yet someone ought to keep an eye on her . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | My fields are too far from the Manor for me to keep an eye on them . |
| 23 | He is to keep an eye on them , transfer them between nicks when necessary and make sure they turn up in court on time . |
| 24 | The cuttings will remain in this position until the following autumn — 12 months — during which period you will need to keep an eye on them for pest and disease and , of course , include them in your routine precautionary spraying and care . |
| 25 | ‘ Uncle Albert says you 're to keep an eye on them , ’ continued Dick . |
| 26 | ‘ If you do n't trust someone , Jez , it 's better to keep an eye on them , would n't you say ? |
| 27 | Dunan and twenty Hearthwares were out in the Circle to keep an eye on them anyway . |
| 28 | out so to keep an eye on them . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | It is n't just football that needs to keep an eye on its spectators . |