Example sentences of "to keep an eye on " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Untag has 2,800 officials — including 1,100 policemen — scattered throughout Namibia to keep an eye on proceedings at 358 polling booths . |
| 3 | He stayed with the first secretary , H. A. R. Philby , who had promised to keep an eye on him . |
| 4 | Watch Committees were organized to keep an eye on prostitution and the granting of licences to publicans . |
| 5 | In two cases , because they were part-time farms and there was no one to keep an eye on the cows and calves , these had to be sold and replaced with store stock . |
| 6 | So I must leave him here , and you to keep an eye on him . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She was of course famous for her powers of observation ; she was better than any of us at using the mirrors which she had had installed everywhere to keep an eye on everything that was happening , or was about to happen and might need averting . |
| 9 | Ask a neighbour to keep an eye on your house . |
| 10 | Ask a neighbour to keep an eye on your home . |
| 11 | Two months prior to making this statement Morrissey had moved to London ( leaving the rest of the band a hundred and eighty miles up the motorway ) to keep an eye on people . |
| 12 | Only if their teacher were with them were they allowed to cross the dusty lane to play on the greater green , for Miss Watson was a woman who had no doubt at all that each and every pupil would be run over and either maimed or killed outright if she were not there to keep an eye on their movements . |
| 13 | This had necessitated a large number of meetings , particularly for the Socialisation of Industries Committee and the Social Services Committee : ministers had tended to bring too many items to committee ; senior ministers had wanted to keep an eye on their more junior colleagues , and as a result a heavy burden fell on a handful . |
| 14 | But rest assured : in the longer term , giving reasons will certainly foster their compliance and , most important , the sort of reliability you can depend upon even when you are not there to keep an eye on things . |
| 15 | After this uncharacteristic lapse into gravity , Aranyos continued , ‘ The main reason I was there was to keep an eye on Fedorov . |
| 16 | H. P. We used to keep an eye on pubs where the sergeant and the constable used to do a month at a time , visiting the cinemas , theatres , and public houses , licensed places , and do some pubs , night after night — just checking things , and at five past ten , you 'd be right in checking they were keeping to closing time . |
| 17 | Should a cat appear , ducks immediately increase their peeking rates to keep an eye on it . |
| 18 | I LIKE to keep an eye on advertisements in the classier American magazines for several reasons . |
| 19 | The oldest are working , and their father is always on hand to keep an eye on the others . |
| 20 | Had no such provision been made , and had it merely been left to the initiative of backbenchers to keep an eye on instruments tabled , it is highly probable that many instruments would become or remain law with never a critical eye being cast over them . |
| 21 | The previous owner had parked a large , old-fashioned caravan at the back and the Canadian had made no difficulty about letting this to Neil for two pounds a week , seeing it as a useful way of having someone to keep an eye on the property . |
| 22 | A new range of weather monitors that enable everyone to keep an eye on prevailing conditions is now available from Davis Instruments . |
| 23 | I did a 50% water change and phoned the manufacturer who told me to keep an eye on things . |
| 24 | My fields are too far from the Manor for me to keep an eye on them . |
| 25 | If you want to keep an eye on your sodium intake , refer to the nutritional information which accompanies some of the recipes in BBC Good Food . |
| 26 | I refuelled and re-armed and went back to keep an eye on Thacker who was about three miles out in the channel . |
| 27 | We held our climb at full throttle , ‘ Tiger ’ on my starboard flank , and searched the sky for enemy fighters while trying to keep an eye on the squadron to port and soon well below us . ’ |
| 28 | I felt incredibly well , but he said to keep an eye on the swollen gland and to see him immediately if it grew in size . |
| 29 | The Queen Mother is also a shrewd judge of character who makes it her business to keep an eye on new members of the family and , if necessary , step in to protect her beloved ‘ firm ’ . |
| 30 | Lewis and Beryl , of course , had never gone near Wyvis Hall , they would not have laid themselves open to such humiliation , to the possibility of their way being barred by some yokel , paid by Adam to keep an eye on the place . |