Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] a [adj] eye on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm merely casting a beady eye on it . |
| 2 | As pan of its side of the deal , the senior branch allows the fun to continue ; it aids the YCs in material ways , by providing premises , helping with the occasional financial loan and generally keeping a benign eye on things . |
| 3 | ‘ Just keeping a general eye on you , trying to find out if you had any friends or contacts in Venice . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | After a pious and seemingly untroubled Christian upbringing , he was duly confirmed in 1861 at the age of sixteen , but within a year was already casting a cold eye on the case for a " literalistic attitude " towards Christian doctrine and asserting that " the existence of God , immortality , the authority of the Bible , inspiration and other things will always remain problems . |
| 6 | I always keep a close eye on the water quality with test kits . |
| 7 | And Ron Atkinson of Aston Villa is also keeping a close eye on Hughes . |
| 8 | It is natural that a mother should regard her child 's health as a matter of the highest importance ; but Judith Holt believed that the Almighty should also keep a watchful eye on a bank of which her husband had become a director . |
| 9 | Not only does it need to keep a constant lookout for the large hairy caterpillars that it prefers to eat ( particularly those of the magpie moth which other birds find distasteful ) , but it must also keep a close eye on the activities of potential hosts . |
| 10 | He also kept a watchful eye on Channel tunnel plans as they came and went . |
| 11 | He also kept a keen eye on MI9 , the secret escape service . |
| 12 | Little can be done without permission — the same security system which prevents light-fingered customers from making off with the goods , also trains an unblinking eye on the shop-worker . |
| 13 | For the moment they had to be content to occupy the episcopal city and from there keep a watchful eye on their enemies . |
| 14 | I shall certainly keep a beady eye on this development , which I do not welcome . |