have been eying

• present perfect progressive

  present perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.

  of eye.
  eye

  noun

  the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.

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have been eying

Enel North America’s parent company is based in Italy, and European companies have been eying the U.S. to invest in the green energy boom, weighing up the U.S.

From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023

Yaccarino seems to have been eying a next step as a CEO of a major media company for quite some time.

From Slate ● May 12, 2023

“Most of the partners on all the teams have been eying Nashville as a destination,” Newgarden said.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2021

Committee appointees have been eying evidentiary gaps that include outstanding document requests from various agencies and departments, along with subpoenas that have not been complied with.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 26, 2021

Last week the Chicago & North Western and the Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific, which have been eying each other ever since 1939, finally decided that one can live more cheaply than two.

From Time Magazine Archive

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