Example sentences of "keep an [noun sg] on [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went to school leaving Mum keeping an eye on them . |
| 2 | Because it 's been that long keeping an eye on them that they could be supplying half the business on our time with and then a hundred per cent the rest of the time . |
| 3 | Fournier , who was keeping an eye on their end of the table , called , ‘ Look after young Flavia 's glass — she likes her tipple . ’ |
| 4 | If I had to describe her , I would say that she was a sensible , down-to-earth woman , dressed plainly and cleanly , understanding what I was experiencing , yet sighing at my folly and patiently keeping an eye on me till I was in a stronger state again . |
| 5 | Maybe one of Bonanza 's men keeping an eye on me . |
| 6 | I do n't need anyone ‘ keeping an eye on me ’ ! ’ |
| 7 | I underestimated Hanne 's conscientiousness in keeping an eye on me . |
| 8 | ‘ He 's been keeping an eye on me , old Frear . |
| 9 | I ca n't they 're keeping an eye on me . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Did he really think his behaviour to date could be called ‘ keeping an eye on her ’ ? she thought in astonishment . |
| 13 | He could do worse than spend his evening keeping an eye on her . |
| 14 | He 's keeping an eye on her . |
| 15 | During that time he took his decision about Marler : to continue keeping an eye on him . |
| 16 | By keeping an eye on him , the reader was able to feel confident that he was audible . |
| 17 | Lin Foh hesitated , frowned , then glanced back at the two young Foreign Office men ; they were hardly protection for the Colonel ; rather , were deliberately overt presences with him , keeping an eye on him on the instruction of the Foreign Secretary . |
| 18 | Are we keeping an eye on him ? |
| 19 | ‘ Mum says he should have looked first , Dad says if she 'd been keeping an eye on him he would have been fine . |
| 20 | Except Ellwood was keeping an eye on everyone and seeing to it that East Germany got the news . |
| 21 | ‘ We would n't want that , so continue keeping an eye on it . |
| 22 | ‘ Maybe he 's keeping an eye on you . ’ |
| 23 | But I 'll also be keeping an eye on you . ’ |
| 24 | You were lucky to get off so lightly , losing all that blood , and I 'll be keeping an eye on you . |
| 25 | It is a sensitive area , well placed for keeping an eye on anything that happens in the Thames , and , seaward , in the North Sea . |
| 26 | Now Simon Ratcliffe 's been in er all this lunchtime sort of keeping an eye on me have n't you Simon ? |
| 27 | He seems to spend most of his spare time keeping an eye on your house . ’ |
| 28 | As I clambered up the ranks of steep terraces , keeping an eye on my train time , early mist still clung to the bare mountainous knives of rock , and the mountain that the fortress itself stood on was festooned with dark trailing grasses like seaweed , adding to its otherworldliness . |
| 29 | It felt quite pleasant sitting at a desk , being taught geography and physics again , and keeping an eye on our son . |
| 30 | Mr Catlett was deputized to ‘ keep an eye on everything ’ while Perkins went up to the vicarage to make his 'phone call . |