Example sentences of "[noun sg] keep a eye on [art] " in BNC.

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1 A good general practitioner keeps an eye on the health of his elderly patients , knows the score , and can conduct the whole orchestra of welfare on their behalf when they need it .
2 During the summer months I can usually get away with leaving my boat conveniently tied up to the pier , but only if I am at home to keep an eye on the weather : in Shetland , even in summer , a gale can blow up from the south east , causing a swell to set into the voe .
3 Four of them are bubbling around the kitchen and the other two are in the front room keeping an eye on the visitors , roped up on the floor watching two blacks the size of quarter-backs shaking through their jackets .
4 He watched the screen , struggled to get the frame-hold to work , all the while keeping an eye on the scene in the operating theatre .
5 Satraps usually had the military authority where the satrapal authority was divided , as it sometimes was ( see p. 281 ) ; and such divided commands could enable the king to keep an eye on the ambitious .
6 The garrison kept an eye on the Collector 's bedroom , expecting to see his face appear for an inspection of Harry 's work .
7 At the same time the SMS Manager checks that the various storage groups and classes have been set up properly , while the Hierarchical Storage Manager keeps an eye on the way in which data is migrated across media types , avoiding the thrashing that can occur when , for example an application accesses some data every four days and the system is set up to dump unused data to tape storage after three .
8 The oldest are working , and their father is always on hand to keep an eye on the others .
9 Another advantage of such places is that they often have someone on hand to keep an eye on the exhibitions .
10 More than 100 are on duty to keep an eye on the 2,000 clubgoers who nightly dance or drink away the small hours from 11pm to 6am .
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