Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] watch a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pitt , as Prime Minister , was ill-prepared for such a turn of events , and through years of hesitancy and uncertainty he watched a yet deeper impoverishment overtake many thousands of his fellow-countrymen . |
| 2 | Back in my room I watched a devastatingly well-made history of European Jews from 1933–1945 . |
| 3 | In English after registration we watched a video of Jane Eyre . |
| 4 | Our hotel , the Atlantico , overlooked the harbour , and that evening we watched a local single-engined plane repeatedly flying over the harbour as low as a couple of hundred feet above the cranes . |
| 5 | For a few minutes we watched a tree-creeper working his way up the trunk of a tree looking for grubs until Bill the dog , crashing through the undergrowth sniffing for smells , frightened him off . |
| 6 | Last night I watched a classic tale on television of how a British ‘ eccentric inventor ’ teamed up with a high-technology company to produce a world beater . |
| 7 | On television I watched a nature short about two-headed snakes . |
| 8 | Reflected in the mirror he watched a stocky figure enter the bar , there was a hint of a dark uniform collar under the man 's heavy overcoat . |
| 9 | On an acupuncture ward I watched a doctor insert long copper needles into the scalp of a one year old and saw the baby howl when every ten minutes the needles were twisted to stimulate the body energy . |
| 10 | On others she watched a thick brown snake dive down between her legs . |
| 11 | I wince every time I watch a two-stroke apparently trying to tear itself from the mountings . |
| 12 | Next time you watch a wildlife film , look out for animals feeding as a result of other animal 's activities . |