Example sentences of "with a [adj] eye for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then there are the tougher types : Edmund from King Lear , a romantic macho figure with a wide eye for fame and fortune . |
| 2 | ‘ … natural clowns with a keen eye for the incongruous and the absurd … a wealth of shrewd and satirical observation … = tumbling , magic , mime and illusion … |
| 3 | My friend , who 's a very economical shopper with a keen eye for a bargain , was doing a bit of shopping at her local market . |
| 4 | Some grew up on river crossings , at water-holes on the westward trails , and a remarkable number — Matson included — on the railroads or , thanks to founding fathers with a keen eye for land values , where they deduced the railroads must come . |
| 5 | A man with a great eye for detail , he took lead role of the committee stage of the bill leaving Michael Heseltine , the environment secretary , who prefers the broad brush approach , mercifully free of the tedious bits . |
| 6 | An 18th century portrait artist with a true eye for painting women , Allan Ramsay is reappearing in the public domaine . |
| 7 | With a fine eye for a ‘ newsworthy ’ item , the News of the World ( 28 August 1898 ) blamed youths for wasting water by larking about with street taps , but the socialist press saw a more permanent difficulty in the negligence of the private water companies . |
| 8 | With a fine eye for the lie of the land , they select a particular point along the stream and then start to build their dam . |
| 9 | I would also nominate William Trevor , who is comparison a miniaturist with a Dostoevskian eye for the odd little incident , the world of the irrational and the way it impinges on ordinary life . ’ |