Example sentences of "keep an eye on [pers pn] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | Maybe one of Bonanza 's men keeping an eye on me . |
| 5 | I do n't need anyone ‘ keeping an eye on me ’ ! ’ |
| 6 | I underestimated Hanne 's conscientiousness in keeping an eye on me . |
| 7 | ‘ He 's been keeping an eye on me , old Frear . |
| 8 | I ca n't they 're keeping an eye on me . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Did he really think his behaviour to date could be called ‘ keeping an eye on her ’ ? she thought in astonishment . |
| 12 | He could do worse than spend his evening keeping an eye on her . |
| 13 | He 's keeping an eye on her . |
| 14 | During that time he took his decision about Marler : to continue keeping an eye on him . |
| 15 | By keeping an eye on him , the reader was able to feel confident that he was audible . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Are we keeping an eye on him ? |
| 18 | ‘ Mum says he should have looked first , Dad says if she 'd been keeping an eye on him he would have been fine . |
| 19 | ‘ We would n't want that , so continue keeping an eye on it . |
| 20 | ‘ Maybe he 's keeping an eye on you . ’ |
| 21 | But I 'll also be keeping an eye on you . ’ |
| 22 | You were lucky to get off so lightly , losing all that blood , and I 'll be keeping an eye on you . |
| 23 | ‘ We say we ca n't keep an eye on them all the time , but the girls are under strict control . ’ |
| 24 | Joyce 's material supposedly unfolds in the dreaming mind of a Dublin publican ; the story O'Brien 's narrator tells concerns a publican who operates his imagination altogether more systematically , locking up his fictional characters ‘ so that he can keep an eye on them and see that there is no boozing ’ ( O'Brien 1939 and 1975 : 35 ) . |
| 25 | This scheme is practical for people with younger children , too , as you can keep an eye on them while you cook , ’ she points out . |
| 26 | ‘ These retired military men can get a bit frisky if you do n't keep an eye on them . ’ |
| 27 | I do n't erm , yeah , I do think they 're too young to be out here , because er you ca n't keep an eye on them . |
| 28 | They took the little house two doors away from Ken and Rhoda ; her own to play with , to sweep and dust and arrange as she liked , and meals for two to cook at her discretion , and her father and grandmother just down the road so she had both a respite from them and could keep an eye on them , not too close but not too far . |
| 29 | One very important thing for older people living alone is to let friends and neighbours know that they are ill , so that they can keep an eye on them and obviously you know , do the shopping and bring in any , anything that they might need . |
| 30 | Samuel Beckett We want him in a nice jail where we can keep an eye on him . |