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Discover LudwigThe phrase "kept a sharp eye on" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when describing someone who is closely monitoring or watching something or someone attentively. Example: "The teacher kept a sharp eye on the students during the exam to prevent any cheating."
Idiom
Keep an eye on him.
You should carefully watch him.
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Jiri Dienstbier, a dissident who became Czechoslovakia's first post-revolutionary foreign minister in 1989, kept a sharp eye on them.
He led a very 19th-century life, though he kept a sharp eye on the 20th century.
(She insisted that virtue was more important than money, but kept a sharp eye on who had what. Very bourgeois).
Back on the road, we kept a sharp eye on the forests, hoping to catch a glimpse of a troop of Barbary apes.
Inspired by the classical forms of ancient Greece and Rome, Wedgwood also kept a sharp eye on scientific advances and experimented constantly with new ideas, materials and glazes.
Mr. Mear gave him a pointer or two or three on timing even as he kept a sharp eye on the bigger picture.
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He keeps a sharp eye on prices.
Mr Cardoso and the world have also to keep a sharp eye on Congress.
Considering the sharp instruments and heavy materials used, judges have to keep a sharp eye on proceedings.
We need to avoid this pattern in 2016, and keep a sharp eye on the long term".
Nonetheless he is CEO of a publicly traded company and keeps a sharp eye on the share price.
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