Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] an eye on [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I went to school leaving Mum keeping an eye on them .
2 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 .
3 The Response controller keeps an eye on its peripherals by constantly ‘ polling ’ them in sequence .
4 He could do worse than spend his evening keeping an eye on her .
5 I 'd hired a team of private investigators to keep an eye on you after your house was ransacked , and I was just ringing through to them to let them know where you were . ’
6 Dunan and twenty Hearthwares were out in the Circle to keep an eye on them anyway .
7 Oh Mr kept an eye on us .
8 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 .
9 So there were people to keep an eye on you .
10 Should a cat appear , ducks immediately increase their peeking rates to keep an eye on it .
11 Mrs Taylor kept an eye on us , ready to rap our knuckles if we got too greedy .
12 Within limits , the family of the dead soldier could form the wording of the announcement without censorship , making the death-columns ( alongside advertisements ) the only non- ‘ co-ordinated ’ parts of German newspapers ( though the SD kept an eye on them , apparently aware of their potential as an index of opinion ) .
13 Meredith Jones — who relished his protégé 's roughness — was aware of that and told his friend Philip Burton to keep an eye on him , make sure he did not let slip this second and last chance .
14 Maybe one of Bonanza 's men keeping an eye on me .
15 Maybe Carmichael sent some guys to keep an eye on me .
16 The year before , Ruari had built himself a wee turf hut among the skeps on the moor to keep an eye on them , but Mairi complained about having to bring his food so far , and he 'd given up using it .
17 So I do things for chaps from the U.K. Keep an eye on their properties .
18 Does a neighbour keep an eye on your house while you are away ?
19 The ability to keep an eye on oneself-a critical eye , at that — is the taken-for-granted sine qua non of a higher education .
20 Before you load up your board on the car to go off in search of solitude , remember that it is wisest to sail in a controlled situation with plenty of others to keep an eye on you .
21 Ask a neighbour to keep an eye on your house .
22 Ask a neighbour to keep an eye on your home .
23 But asking a trusty neighbour to keep an eye on your property should mean you can enjoy your holiday without worrying about what you might find when you get home .
24 The PROFITBOSS has an eye on the market when others have an eye on themselves .
25 The woman detective had gone off with Roxie Farmer to give her a cup of tea and sit in her house keeping an eye on her .
26 He seems to spend most of his spare time keeping an eye on your house . ’
27 Inspector Blakelock gets here early those mornings to let them in and Scobie keeps an eye on them .
28 Since even the neophyte practises on his own , there is no senior partner to keep an eye on him and to clamp down upon him if he is incompetent.s
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