Example sentences of "kept an eye on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having attended a trial or two in my time , and having kept an eye on the changing standard of juries , police , barristers and judges , I am convinced that if hanging were reintroduced , they would not just occasionally hang the wrong person , but do it pretty well every time . |
| 2 | So far , even though we have kept an eye on the question of political authority , the discussion has been concerned with the wider notion of authority in general . |
| 3 | It has never given him any trouble , but we 've always kept an eye on it . |
| 4 | For one thing , as I can report , having kept an eye on proceedings since they disappeared from the newspapers and TV , all the witnesses are affected by the disease of official language . |
| 5 | Mum knew this too , which was why she always kept an eye on him when he was the worse for drink . |
| 6 | Emily had never had a head for figures , and her brother-in-law , Marcus Judge , had kept an eye on her finances from the beginning , gradually acquiring a controlling interest in the business . |