Example sentences of "to keep an eye on things " in BNC.
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| 1 | But rest assured : in the longer term , giving reasons will certainly foster their compliance and , most important , the sort of reliability you can depend upon even when you are not there to keep an eye on things . |
| 2 | I did a 50% water change and phoned the manufacturer who told me to keep an eye on things . |
| 3 | No work was carried out on Sundays , though a watchman was appointed to keep an eye on things , being paid 1/ the day . |
| 4 | With a good , happy and well-looked-after staff and a first-class butler in charge of everything , all you needed was a committee of half a dozen blokes who were elected by popular vote to keep an eye on things and keep things lively , come up with new ideas , that sort of stuff . |
| 5 | Miss Pope 's here , to keep an eye on things . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But I had to keep an eye on things . ’ |