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‘I sat with one eye on the clock, waiting for my turn’
‘Some folk tell me I should be more demanding from the board, but I manage with one eye on the balance sheet.’
‘Judges always interpret the law with one eye on what they think the people want or need.’
‘The way she said it, unprompted, with one eye on the photo lab phone, we imagine she's been waiting, patiently, very patiently, for that day to come.’
‘But Goran isn't the only one with one eye on the football.’
‘Significantly, perhaps with one eye on the next round of consolidation, he said a gap would open up between ‘those who make the top 10 and those who don't’.’
‘But publishing is no longer a profession conducted over claret in oak panelled rooms and today's agents and editors are entrepreneurial types with one eye on the keyboard and another on the mass markets.’
‘Football pundits who report with one eye on who they are likely to upset are soon identified and equally quickly dismissed by our suspicious fans.’
‘Hang on, aren't you the one who said that Crean's policies were devised with one eye on the polls and another on media impact?’
‘Bell makes provocative points about the way in which governments now fight wars with one eye on how the action will play in front of the cameras.’
‘Now I am sitting in an armchair, talking to you, with one eye on the TV.’