Example sentences of "keeping an eye on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what would he be doing in the middle of nowhere … unless he was keeping an eye on Mungo , to see that he was safe ? |
| 2 | Throughout the day those working the lifts and keeping an eye on skiers actually — wait for it — smiled . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He claims keeping an eye on statistics , no less , helped him realise what was required of him . |
| 5 | Of course Madame keeping an eye on O was nothing new . |
| 6 | He says do n't be frightened , he 's keeping an eye on things for you . ’ |
| 7 | Actually , Helen and Geoff are away ( with the children , of course , it 's Spain again this year I think ) , and Mr Davis 's boy Kevin from the house on the corner is keeping an eye on things and doing the garden for them . |
| 8 | Asked why , he replied : ‘ Just keeping an eye on things . |
| 9 | And there , if he looked hard to the right , was the tower of the church , like a benevolent old watchdog , keeping an eye on things , protective , changeless . |
| 10 | As a consequence , the members of the team have been thrown back on what amounts to a re-discovery of the mental welfare officer role — visiting , keeping an eye on things , and acting as a gatekeeper for routing some resources to individuals and families . |
| 11 | ‘ I had this anonymous tip-off about a man answering your description , the caller said something about a missing member of the aristocracy , so I 've been keeping an eye on things . ’ |
| 12 | Big brother will be keeping an eye on things . ’ |
| 13 | A bit difficult to explain — I was sort of keeping an eye on things . ’ |
| 14 | Although he was supposed to be in charge of the printing works it was the foreman , Mike Treloar , who ran it with Uncle keeping an eye on things and deciding policy . |
| 15 | This is mainly because erm there are so many diverse services that might help in the erm general support and education of a special child that integration is necessary and that really one person should be keeping an eye on things , as it were . |
| 16 | The OpenView System Manager management tool monitors and controls geographically dispersed systems within the cluster , keeping an eye on system , subsystem , job stream , tape requests and applications ; and controlling functions such as node shutdown , start-up failover and console commands . |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | It is then up to me to implement it successfully by controlling my behaviour whilst keeping an eye on progress towards the indicators of success . |
| 20 | As did the House Manager who roamed throughout performances in the foyer or the staircases , the bars of Stalls , Dress Circle and Upper Circle , keeping an eye on programme girls ( most of them certainly mature ) who , in their black dresses and little aprons , ushered , sold programmes and in the intervals brought trays of tea and biscuits ( coffee in the evenings ) , while in the orchestra pit the band ( tuxedoed , although who knew whether their trousers matched ) played pleasing music . |
| 21 | They are likely to renew interest in a former player , Manchester United 's Mal Donaghy , while keeping an eye on Brian Gayle 's progress under new management at Manchester City . |
| 22 | We 're keeping an eye on gangsters , black marketeers and revolutionaries . |
| 23 | You suggest keeping an eye on Switzerland , New Zealand and Canada as potential enemies ( March 16th ) . |
| 24 | John Buckingham on Foinavon , well behind this chaos , was still keeping an eye on Josh Gifford on Honey End , though he was aware that his mount would be likely to prove more one-paced than the favourite . |
| 25 | With one sergeant I had then , I used to make up stories about keeping an eye on thieves if he did n't find me at the points . |
| 26 | As the crowd grew , pressing against the window , the Divisional Police Commissioner Rousselet , who had been keeping an eye on events , sent a policeman down with orders to have the nude painting removed from the window . |
| 27 | ‘ They 're invaluable for keeping an eye on competitors ’ activities and can save thousands of pounds in research and development . |