flag down(get someone's attention Miss Martyshka); garner publicity(Over the August Bank holiday of 1965, an estimated 8000 people descended on the small town. The following month, when resident Gordon Faulkner claimed to have captured a photo of the UFO, The Daily Mirror published the picture, garnering even more publicity for Warminster. – привлекла ещё больше внимания к Уорминстеруmentalfloss.comART Vancouver)
put a spotlight on(The newspaper articles put a spotlight on the bad condition of our school buildings; к чем-либо или к кому-либо Vitaliyb); shine a spotlight(This is our chance to shine a spotlight on hepatitis, our opportunity to gain recognition for the disease on a global level. VLZ_58); get the eye of(Her dress got the eye of everyone at the partyAndy)
catch one's eye(The caption caught my eye immediately. • The headline in a newspaper he was holding caught my eye.ART Vancouver); catch sb.'s attention(Check out some of the items that have recently caught our editor's attention. -- привлекли внимание нашего редактора • Recently, another intriguing video was shared online, which was reportedly filmed above Sequoia Park in California. The footage circulating on social media captures an unidentified object resembling a human figure in the air moving slowly and the video has caught attention of viewers worldwide. (news18.com) • I parked at Stanley Park today, added an hour to the meter, and relaxed on the beach, soaking up the sun. I captured photos of anything that caught my attention while I sat there. (Twitter) -- Я снимал всё, что привлекало моё внимание.ART Vancouver)
grab one's attention("I have been camping and walking on Loch Ness my whole life and I have never believed in the Loch Ness monster," said Corey. (...) He described the creature as 'eel-like' but also 'the size of a bus'. "We saw the water rippling as if something was swelling, and that is what grabbed our attention," he said. – именно это привлекло наше внимание / именно поэтому мы и обратили на него внимание (unexplained-mysteries.com)ART Vancouver)
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