Example sentences of "eye on [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only if their teacher were with them were they allowed to cross the dusty lane to play on the greater green , for Miss Watson was a woman who had no doubt at all that each and every pupil would be run over and either maimed or killed outright if she were not there to keep an eye on their movements . |
| 2 | This had necessitated a large number of meetings , particularly for the Socialisation of Industries Committee and the Social Services Committee : ministers had tended to bring too many items to committee ; senior ministers had wanted to keep an eye on their more junior colleagues , and as a result a heavy burden fell on a handful . |
| 3 | MURDER victim Johanna Young 's mother wept yesterday as she begged parents to always keep an eye on their children . |
| 4 | He warned parents to continue to keep a close eye on their children until the rapist is caught . |
| 5 | But it is important for parents to be aware and keep an eye on their children . ’ |
| 6 | The farmer and his neighbours were all friends so it was just a case of asking them to keep an eye on their moggies , and spying on a few of the plumper-looking ones — successful hunters , we assumed . |
| 7 | After all , when I taught these secrets to my art students , they had one eye on their future interview . |
| 8 | For the moment they had to be content to occupy the episcopal city and from there keep a watchful eye on their enemies . |
| 9 | Fournier , who was keeping an eye on their end of the table , called , ‘ Look after young Flavia 's glass — she likes her tipple . ’ |
| 10 | So I do things for chaps from the U.K. Keep an eye on their properties . |
| 11 | He told us unsettling stories of Chinese merchants who had insisted on travelling aboard the prahus to keep an eye on their cargo , and had somehow been lost overboard while their merchandise appeared for sale in harbours far from their intended destination . |
| 12 | For example , they can help handicapped youngsters in the difficult school-leaving period , encourage them to find work , keep an eye on their activities if they are trying to take on too much or are getting into bad company , help them to cope with family relationships and to become as independent and content as possible . |
| 13 | The Crnojevići attempted to win Venetian support for a determined stand against the Turks , but the astute Italians , with an eye on their future prospects , chose not to offend the increasingly powerful Muslims in the interests of a tiny Christian principality . |
| 14 | On the other hand , there was the reflection that all universities , through their senates — composed of academics drawn from all subjects taught in the university — were responsible for keeping a self-critical eye on their own work , and it was time in this sense that the public sector caught up with established university practice . |
| 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 | Besides factories it could be used as a device in which managers could survey workers , or teachers keep a close but invisible eye on their pupils . |
| 17 | Farmers will have to keep a close eye on their security from now on . |
| 18 | Parents on Merseyside were keeping a firm grip and a watchful eye on their children yesterday . |
| 19 | Behind that ordinary , playful tomboy who loves to dress up and paint her face is a tough cookie , with one eye on her bank account . |
| 20 | Close behind his PA , the formidable Helen Liddell , kept her mobile phone clamped to her ear and an anxious eye on her watch . |
| 21 | Mercifully the traffic progresses for fifty yards before it stalls again , and the Rasta does not pursue her further , but Robyn keeps a nervous eye on her rear-view mirror . |
| 22 | For the first month of her life Mrs MacDonagh had taken the baby into her own house , along with Eleanor 's eighteen-month-old brother Patrick , and she had bottle fed the baby and kept an eye on her brother amidst the debris of her own life and the squalor of her enormous family . |
| 23 | For eight minutes she struggled unsuccessfully , changing her posture , hammer grip and the position of the nut , while Ricci rested nearby , apparently just keeping an absent-minded eye on her daughter . |
| 24 | Emily had never had a head for figures , and her brother-in-law , Marcus Judge , had kept an eye on her finances from the beginning , gradually acquiring a controlling interest in the business . |
| 25 | The Response controller keeps an eye on its peripherals by constantly ‘ polling ’ them in sequence . |
| 26 | In this day and age a remarkable enough event , but Rendcomb is a World War One flying field and it has been returned to life with an eye on its heritage . |
| 27 | It is n't just football that needs to keep an eye on its spectators . |
| 28 | He helps Pancks , whose landlord he is , to establish Mr Dorrit 's claim to his inheritance , and while Clennam is imprisoned in the Marshalsea he keeps an eye on his affairs ; Anastasia , his unprepossessing , middle-aged daughter , who cherishes the recollection of once having won an action for breach of promise . |
| 29 | He also asked her to keep an eye on his widow because he had heard about the carrying-on with the women-folk . |
| 30 | He was run down and killed , but he was so attached to his job that he still wants to keep his eye on his old work place . |