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

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1 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 .
2 Whilst reading the following paragraphs keep an eye on checklist 2 , and also consider the program personality headings together with program style suggestions , as decisions about these will influence the presentation of the content of the lesson and affect the environment finally created in the classroom .
3 These days I pay someone from Brides Haven to come over here at regular intervals to keep an eye on the place . ’
4 Nobody has the monopoly of wisdom and it 's important , it seems to me , that you have economists keeping an eye on the economics of the situation , sociologists looking after the cultural and individual choice sides , psychologists , people 's appraisal of their environment , geographers saying this sort of development is more appropriate there because of environmental conditions than there , and so on .
5 I 'd hired a team of private investigators to keep an eye on you after your house was ransacked , and I was just ringing through to them to let them know where you were . ’
6 He despatched various officers to villages north of the Thames , and local PCs kept an eye on the sparse river crossings in case James should double back into Berkshire .
7 Lucy Lane was assigned to the bookshop ; among other things to keep an eye on the opening of the safe .
8 Herbs to keep an eye on are the marjorams , of which there are at least three different kinds , tarragon ( two ) , dill and fennel , which hybridize very easily , garden mint which is often a cross with horse-mint , or may even be that species , lovage which can look like ground-elder while young , and French sorrel which is invariably confused with the inferior-tasting English sorrel .
9 Should a cat appear , ducks immediately increase their peeking rates to keep an eye on it .
10 Maybe one of Bonanza 's men keeping an eye on me .
11 Watching and waiting — the police keeping an eye on the hippies .
12 Maybe Carmichael sent some guys to keep an eye on me .
13 Before you load up your board on the car to go off in search of solitude , remember that it is wisest to sail in a controlled situation with plenty of others to keep an eye on you .
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