Example sentences of "an eye on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll warn Mrs Pettifer they 're on their way , ’ said the sergeant , ‘ Then you 'd better keep an eye on the old lady and I 'll watch the froggie geezer . |
| 2 | Constable Perkins was torn between keeping an eye on the scene of the crime — and perhaps making a brilliant arrest — or calling up reinforcements . |
| 3 | Mr Catlett was deputized to ‘ keep an eye on everything ’ while Perkins went up to the vicarage to make his 'phone call . |
| 4 | ‘ Maybe he 's keeping an eye on you . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Keep an eye on youngsters , and teach them to recognise danger too . |
| 7 | Allan here can keep an eye on this place , and handle ambitious little Robertson if he tries to nail up his damned lists . |
| 8 | Once you have decided your policy and put it in place , keep an eye on how well it 's working . |
| 9 | If , for instance , a certain portion of a design includes a number of long , narrow , shapes ( eg tree branches ) then the grain in those components should be arranged to run along , rather than across , the strips ; just commonsense , but keep an eye on it . |
| 10 | This involves choosing a further veneer ( D ) , and when you do , keep an eye on maintaining a good contrast between the two linear shapes produced . |
| 11 | With an eye on the trend for people with time on their hands to take up neglected crafts such as paint finishing and upholstery , Parissien notes , ‘ There are lots of courses on 101 things to do with furnishing fabrics , but there 's less for the layperson about structure , about actually saving your house . ’ |
| 12 | Besides monitoring the EC proposals , Mr Eggar is also keeping an eye on other government departments which he said had the tendency to introduce measures which , however well intentioned , could have the effect of strangling small businesses . |
| 13 | The company added that a standby boat was keeping an eye on the situation . |
| 14 | Our neighbours volunteered to keep an eye on the kids who were too absorbed in catching a tan and the biggest fish in the harbour , to come with us . |
| 15 | The advantage of this is that when you start gigging , you have someone out front who knows your songs , and who can either mix your sound or at least keep an eye on the house engineer . |
| 16 | A party leader who hopes to reach 10 Downing Street has to devote much time to party management , and policies and appointments have to be made with an eye on the reactions of party factions . |
| 17 | Surrounded by his flock he nonetheless had an eye on Omi and Erika and , although he made no apparent attempt to meet them , Erika and Omi found themselves facing him . |
| 18 | Rosa gently teased Erika about the vestigial romance but was serious about the advice she gave , that Erika was not , repeat not , to get involved with a boy-friend , especially with the Indoor Championships drawing nearer , and with the Ministry of Sport keeping an eye on her . |
| 19 | And keep an eye on young Müller . ’ |
| 20 | She supervises the pre-felting embroidery , keeps an eye on stock , trains people to work the machine . |
| 21 | These became , in fact , the almost exclusive preserve of Hammer Films , a company that had been making skilfully-marketed pictures with an eye on the US B-movie market since the late 1940s . |
| 22 | Chief executive Paul Hanson , with an eye on falling consumer demand in the UK , hopes to double exports by the end of the financial year . |
| 23 | Untag has 2,800 officials — including 1,100 policemen — scattered throughout Namibia to keep an eye on proceedings at 358 polling booths . |
| 24 | Two American companies with an eye on available and inexpensive manpower have set up software export units in the southern hill city of Bangalore , India 's own Silicon Valley . |
| 25 | MR TREVOR Clay , retired general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing , was yesterday awarded £8,000 High Court libel damages over a Daily Mirror story , which he claimed accused him of working ‘ with an eye on getting a plum job with the Government ’ . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | With an eye on recent developments in neighbouring Romania , trade union leaders appealed to strikers not to stage demonstrations , apparently fearful of a spread of unrest . |
| 28 | Samuel Beckett We want him in a nice jail where we can keep an eye on him . |
| 29 | Does a neighbour keep an eye on your house while you are away ? |
| 30 | He himself has an eye on the post of super-manager of a new Yugoslav ‘ economic space ’ and has called leaders from all the republics to talks on January 10th . |