Example sentences of "to keep a [adj] eye on " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is quite possible since MI5 did not make a detectable or a sustained effort to keep a watchful eye on Ivanov 's movements . |
| 2 | You are not likely to find anything of archaeological interest , but museums may be inclined to keep a watchful eye on you ! |
| 3 | Shifting most of the body weight to the right leg , he pivots clockwise in a 180-degree arc , taking care to keep a watchful eye on his opponent . |
| 4 | When she started flying her parents asked me to keep a watchful eye on her . |
| 5 | Up to now the police have played a passive role with the hippies , preferring to keep a watchful eye on them . |
| 6 | There 's a reward for Bouncer 's safe return , but in the meantime Jackie will continue to keep a keen eye on the pub . |
| 7 | I was cowering in my usual corner in Boots ' chemist 's shop in Scarborough , where I had developed the habit of a weekly weigh-in to keep a morbid eye on my progressive emaciation . |
| 8 | Even when that object was not consciously in view most proposals for Masai development tended in practice towards that end , their essential ingredient being some measure designed to move the Masai away from the semi-nomadism they had immemorially practised towards a way of living which would make it easier for administrators to keep a benevolent eye on them . |
| 9 | At one time he was a sheep-farmer himself and , upon his deification , placed his flock in the heavens so as to keep a close eye on them . |
| 10 | He warned parents to continue to keep a close eye on their children until the rapist is caught . |
| 11 | but the rapid expansion of credit card trading will make it important to keep a close eye on this potential problem in future . |
| 12 | ‘ He was one of the top men we tried to keep a close eye on — when we could . |
| 13 | However , he would have to keep a close eye on our movements from now on , never allowing both of us to disappear from his sight for any length of time . |
| 14 | Now that services are altogether more fragmented , it is very much more difficult for managers to keep a close eye on what is happening . |
| 15 | Sam was going to a tutorial college , where the staff tended to keep a close eye on their pupils , being moderately well paid to do so , while Camille was still at a local comprehensive where the teachers no longer cared much about anything . |
| 16 | However , it is important to keep a close eye on your skin to see if any moles change in size or shape , in which case you should seek medical advice . |
| 17 | Farmers will have to keep a close eye on their security from now on . |
| 18 | In a minute dated 30 August , 1985 , Mr Collins wrote : ‘ We need to keep a close eye on this project … it could be used to support Exocet missiles . ’ |
| 19 | It is not only defence ministries that would look askance at the creation of a defence oligopoly ; competition authorities exist to keep a beady eye on such tendencies . |
| 20 | Even worse , opponents ' wives are turning up to keep a beady eye on proceedings . |
| 21 | ‘ I think you will agree that that will make it extremely easy for me to keep a constant eye on you ? ’ |
| 22 | He or she must be free to keep a careful eye on the operation of the analytical system and the data it produces . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | There was a journalist , too — or maybe Antonio Francesca Pigafetta was a Venetian spy , since he came from Venice , was an acquaintance of the Doge and could well have been told to keep a wary eye on Spanish imperial ambitions in the East . |
| 25 | However , the Soviet Union still has to contend with the need , perhaps more pressing than in most areas of the world , to keep a wary eye on Washington when considering its options in South and , since 1979 particularly , Central America . |
| 26 | De Craon decided to keep a wary eye on Edward . |
| 27 | It is true that even during the final talks in Moscow the American delegation had to keep a wary eye on those at home who argued against the surrender of the advantages which they expected the United States to derive from further tests above ground . |
| 28 | We 've go to keep a wary eye on what they 're doing . |
| 29 | Alexandra felt smooth and neat and tight and regretful that , with Lyddy to keep a stern eye on standards , she could not secretly leave off her stays when the weather got warmer as she did occasionally at Bewick . |
| 30 | There we were briefed by local staff who wanted us to keep a seaward eye on the local Colliers from Rotterdam following an outbreak of watch smuggling in Poole . |