Example sentences of "keep an eye on [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Catlett was deputized to ‘ keep an eye on everything ’ while Perkins went up to the vicarage to make his 'phone call . |
| 2 | ‘ We say we ca n't keep an eye on them all the time , but the girls are under strict control . ’ |
| 3 | Joyce 's material supposedly unfolds in the dreaming mind of a Dublin publican ; the story O'Brien 's narrator tells concerns a publican who operates his imagination altogether more systematically , locking up his fictional characters ‘ so that he can keep an eye on them and see that there is no boozing ’ ( O'Brien 1939 and 1975 : 35 ) . |
| 4 | This scheme is practical for people with younger children , too , as you can keep an eye on them while you cook , ’ she points out . |
| 5 | ‘ These retired military men can get a bit frisky if you do n't keep an eye on them . ’ |
| 6 | I do n't erm , yeah , I do think they 're too young to be out here , because er you ca n't keep an eye on them . |
| 7 | They took the little house two doors away from Ken and Rhoda ; her own to play with , to sweep and dust and arrange as she liked , and meals for two to cook at her discretion , and her father and grandmother just down the road so she had both a respite from them and could keep an eye on them , not too close but not too far . |
| 8 | One very important thing for older people living alone is to let friends and neighbours know that they are ill , so that they can keep an eye on them and obviously you know , do the shopping and bring in any , anything that they might need . |
| 9 | Samuel Beckett We want him in a nice jail where we can keep an eye on him . |
| 10 | Two , he could go along with Marler , pretend to accept him at face value , and this way he could keep an eye on him . |
| 11 | Instead he was put in a hostel where a nurse could keep an eye on him . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll keep an eye on him , ’ reassured Jack . |
| 13 | While the others snatched a midday break , Emily 's daughter-in-law Maudie took her turn of duty in the shop , and she always had her small son with her so she could keep an eye on him . |
| 14 | I wish there was someone I could talk to about the problems — someone who 'd keep an eye on him and watch for him getting bad and get the doctor to do something , sooner ; someone who 'd help him with money , a job , get him out of the room for a bit , give us a break too . |
| 15 | I think the idea was that a senior clergy should keep an eye on him , help him and so on . |
| 16 | ‘ I wanted him where I could keep an eye on him , ’ said Mr Malik through his hands . |
| 17 | Meanwhile we shall keep an eye on him . |
| 18 | That way we can keep an eye on him and he 'll feel reassured . |
| 19 | That way we can keep an eye on him and make sure he does n't get up to anything too strenuous . |
| 20 | Can you keep an eye on him while I 'm doing this dinner please ? |
| 21 | Some of us said that we would keep an eye on what happened to that Act in the years that followed . |
| 22 | In some ways it was easier having him around where she could at least keep an eye on what he was doing . |
| 23 | MURDER victim Johanna Young 's mother wept yesterday as she begged parents to always keep an eye on their children . |
| 24 | We 'll keep an eye on 'un . ’ |
| 25 | Another friend said she would keep an eye on her , but four weeks later we had a phone call from her saying that Shamrock was desperately ill . |
| 26 | Patting the chair beside him , he told Daisy , ‘ If Perdita gets the scholarship , Sukey and I may well be going out to New Zealand at the same time to buy some ponies , so we can keep an eye on her . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ We 'd better keep an eye on her then , ’ said Enid . |
| 28 | She 's going to sit there in the hospital , and they 'll keep an eye on her and someone will put her on the evening bus , just as she planned . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'll keep an eye on her . ’ |
| 30 | I thought you should know and keep an eye on her . ’ |