Example sentences of "under the [adj] eye of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is particularly striking that some of these reviewers , when discussing recordings by English ensembles , praise what they assume to be the impeccable musicological credentials of what they are hearing , so clear does it seem to European eyes that early-music performance in England is conducted under the vigilant eyes of scholars . |
| 2 | He was still at the barriers that funnelled the mob into a line under the cynical eyes of a guard when she struggled up behind him . |
| 3 | They are a nice group , touring under the experienced eye of coach Intikhab Alam , the former Pakistan captain and Surrey player , with Harvard-educated Khalid Mahmood as the tour manager . |
| 4 | In a brown-panelled room smelling of tobacco they sat on opposite sides of a cold hearth full of cinders , swallowing hot wine and water under the blue eyes of Sergeant Collier , who was looking at them with intent curiosity like a man staring at a two-headed dog in a freak show . |
| 5 | Shadows drifted past him like fronds , dappled with refracted sunlight , tied with thin streams of bubbles as he sank slowly into the welcoming depths of the ocean , under the incurious eye of the great Whale … . |
| 6 | Since then , however , Scotland 's forward play , under the benevolent eye of Richie Dixon , has developed with pleasing continuity , particularly at the lineout , where in both the previous Five Nations games opposition machinations have been torn asunder rather like the post-war devastation in the Orson Welles screen classic . |
| 7 | Jurors were required to restate the Forest bounds , for example in the counties of Dorset and Huntingdon , under the baleful eyes of this new team of royal servants . |
| 8 | Sir George put the letters into his wife 's lap , and she turned them over and over , under the greedy eyes of the two scholars . |
| 9 | I dressed and crept along the endless corridors until I found the staircase and slid silently down the banisters under the disapproving eye of Sir Mauger Grindlewood . |
| 10 | They act out roles and techniques under the watchful eye of their instructors . |
| 11 | Meanwhile other members of the platoon work under the watchful eye of the Royal Engineer Petroleum Fitter Corporal , Who is struggling to keep the fuel pumps running despite the dust and searing heat . |
| 12 | Trembling visibly with fear under the watchful eye of Mr Upadhyaya and the police , the official also said that the hold-up was due to a lunch break . |
| 13 | Weaners in the piglet nursery at the Easton Lodge pig unit come under the watchful eye of John Knighton , the farm 's head stockperson . |
| 14 | The jurors at the Forest Eyre , under the watchful eye of the judges , declared that the whole county south of the ‘ Stanestreet ’ should remain within the forest . |
| 15 | Under the watchful eye of the provodnitsy — the female ticket-collectors , tea dispensers and mother hens — you feel less a stranger on a train and more a member of an extended family , sharing food , drink and gossip — even if you ca n't understand a word of Russian . |
| 16 | It is possible to provide a wide range of activities involving parents who will enthusiastically organise these under the watchful eye of a member of staff . |
| 17 | They attended dances too , under the watchful eye of their father : at Christmas 1819 Mary Anne came with her sister Elizabeth , now married to Mr. Mark Mayson of Portinscale , and Hartley , George and Henry , who all ‘ danced well . ’ |
| 18 | But if they were to meet away from school , out of uniform , no longer under the watchful eye of the masters and mistresses in their chalk-marked black gowns , then maybe it would be different . |
| 19 | Under the watchful eye of the teacher the children improvise their shoe shop , and probably it is she who suggests the use of shelves for the ‘ display ’ of pairs . |
| 20 | MARTIN HUTTON BUILDS THE PENNY HEDGE IN WHITBY HARBOUR UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF HIS GRANDFATHER ( Page 29 ) |
| 21 | The range was designed in the USA under the watchful eye of Chris Kelley , the director of Artist Relations for Hoshino and who has in the past been responsible for such marriages as Joe Satriani and Steve Vai with their custom Ibanez guitars . |
| 22 | Anna was immersed in a game with Edward under the watchful eye of Miss Fitch , who gave Ruth no welcome : so she decided to go for a walk . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , their souls met at the weekend in Rick 's Cafe Americain , where men dressed in crisp linen suits drank bourbon beneath whispering ceiling fans under the watchful eye of a Moroccan inspector of police . |
| 24 | The Australian Wine Bureau has launched an innovative National Tennis Tournament , the finals of which will take place under the watchful eye of former British Davis Cup captain , the Australian Warren Jacques , at the Queen 's Club in September . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , the British Expeditionary Force ( BEF ) had been safely ferried to France under the watchful eye of the British Navy . |
| 26 | Junks laden with tea , wood and camphor soon transformed this sleepy backwater into the marketplace of South East Asia under the watchful eye of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles ; today Singapore is considered the place to purchase that Cartier wristwatch at a real snip . |
| 27 | His job is so delicate that to ring birds like this Bill has had to train for two years under the watchful eye of a certified ringer . |
| 28 | The change in her way of living was so vast she could scarcely credit it ; she would stop , sometimes , with the polishing rag in her hand , under the watchful eye of the parakeet , and say aloud : ‘ But this can never be me , not really me ! |
| 29 | In April 1932 RAPP was disbanded , and although in the Soviet Union the ensuing liberalising effect was only temporary , lasting until 1935–6 when rigid cultural controls were reintroduced under the watchful eye of Zhdanov , in France , by contrast , 1932 was to mark the beginning of a prolonged period not only of cultural liberalisation within the PCF but also of political co-operation between communists and fellow-travelling sympathisers . |
| 30 | Cardiff looked over to where the other two strangers were laying their metal suitcases carefully down in the main reception area under the watchful eye of Pearce 's men . |