Example sentences of "as [pers pn] watch the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a hot summer day though there can be few better ways to begin a holiday than sitting on deck sipping an ice-cold San Miguel and tasting the salt spray as you watch the old town of Ibiza receding while Formentera beckons . |
| 2 | You may not realise , as you watch the humble caddie walk the fairways , how heavy that bag is . |
| 3 | " I do n't know why I came , I ca n't possibly tell them , " she thought as she watched the tiny man , perched up high as he circled meticulously round about on his chosen futureless employment , shouting : " Wor'-oss , Wor'-oss " to the dogs that followed him , as faithfully as seagulls follow a plough , when he made one of his grand and speedy turns . |
| 4 | The slight movements from the recovery cage brought her back to the present and she felt a great sense of relief as she watched the gradual return to consciousness of her patient . |
| 5 | She bit down hard on her lip as she watched the four girls . |
| 6 | Spires of crimson and carmine and blood were the rocks , changing colour even as she watched the new day burn off their sugar-frost coating . |
| 7 | Even naked , Leo did n't at all seem at a disadvantage , and , as she watched the two men , she finally and forever dispelled any lingering feeling she might have had for Ryan . |
| 8 | ‘ And the twins are so sweet , ’ she added , giving an almost envious sigh as she watched the two children , each with her own brown paper bag , busy feeding stale bread to the ducks . |
| 9 | If she 'd had any doubts about Tara 's relationship with the villa 's owner , they rapidly evaporated as she watched the other girl 's body language in graceful retreat . |
| 10 | Doreen 's dark eyes glittered slightly as she watched the older man 's tall figure cross the room . |
| 11 | Kate 's eyes were hard and dry as she watched the bitter man sitting opposite her . |
| 12 | I remember squealing as we watch the black monster twitch its claws on the scullery floor . |
| 13 | As we watched the striped killer-ships peel away , for once Mala and I were in total accord — both anxious , both angry . |
| 14 | It had also long been a great source of amusement to the more belligerent regulars as they watched the uninitiated stumble in and sit down . |
| 15 | As they watched the towering ships sail forth his advisors were dismayed because they feared that the despatch of such a force would leave Ulthuan almost defenceless . |
| 16 | She really wanted them to burn tonight , to feel the heat between their legs as they watched the glowing monitors . |
| 17 | She could hear the audience begin to breathe heavily as they watched the machine-driven dildo lewdly disappear , centimetre by centimetre , into her cute snatch . |
| 18 | ‘ That was lucky , ’ Blake said , as they watched the three prisoners escape from the dungeon . |
| 19 | As he watched the young couple make love on the small bed , he lit another cigarette with the lighter that lay on the table beside him . |
| 20 | For as he watched the cheap pine coffin being lowered into the frosty ground , Patrick Joseph Garrett Milligan vowed that the person responsible for the untimely death of his beautiful wife Kathleen should live to regret , forever and always , the moment of her wretched birth . |
| 21 | He saw the crew bail out and he also felt a sickening feeling as he watched the rear gunner , petrified , trying to escape from his rapidly descending prison , plummeting towards a certain death . |
| 22 | ‘ Old ? ’ said Sally-Anne a little indignantly , to Dr Neil 's amusement as he watched the two women . |
| 23 | It gladdened him to see how even these degraded surroundings were touched by a curious beauty , as he watched the little gangs of miners making their way home , black as sweeps , in the white snow at twilight . |
| 24 | He chocked back his laughter as he watched the wincing Cassowary bending his wings . |
| 25 | For weeks he would live in a world by himself conscious as he watched the humdrum routine of his fellow prisoners that he was destined for higher things and happy in the knowledge that he was not as other men . |
| 26 | Power station worker Shaun , 28 , leaped up and down with excitement as he watched the British hero storm the Olympic 100 metres on TV . |
| 27 | Requiem for a monk , Trent thought as he watched the cocaine-addicted mestizo squatting on the cabin top . |