Example sentences of "[verb] [been] watching the " in BNC.
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1 | The storyteller has already told us that he has been watching the road , his heart trembling with fear for the precious ark . |
2 | Charlton has been watching the teenage winger recently but England boss Graham Taylor has handed Froggatt an Under-21 debut in Spain tonight . |
3 | Dennis has been watching the action . |
4 | Keith Daniell has been watching the action there . |
5 | Maclaren has been watching the story unfold . |
6 | Gordon Jackson , a school governor has been watching the meeting — for his school the outcome is crucial . |
7 | Six months ago six major E C Health and Safety Directives came into effect covering workplace safety , machinery , protective equipment , manual handling , work with computers and word processors , they 've built on a framework directive giving workers new rights to consultation and the right to stop the job and the union has been watching the government and the H S E and me as well , in their attempts to water down the requirements of these directives and we might well lodge a formal complaint with Brussels that could land the Tories in Europe 's Court of Justice . |
8 | Eye to the crack in the door , Jezrael saw the girl 's own guilt palm the cuber as though she 'd been watching the security scanner all along . |
9 | They 'd been watching the site for some time . |
10 | They 'd been watching the premises for several months . |
11 | Her mother must have been watching the quayside from her terrace , Caroline realised with a jolt . |
12 | I would like to have been watching the expression on his face , having put the question to him so bluntly , but just at that moment I had to slam on my brakes for two gaudily painted trucks , one of them with La Resurrección elaborately painted in red . |
13 | Baldi , who had been watching the show , now tried to find a way around the Jaguar for himself . |
14 | Gary Tritton , chief interest rate swap trader , had been watching the Bank of England 's £800m tap issue , the first ever in the middle of the night . |
15 | Jimmy had been watching the race from his deckchair . |
16 | When the film is complete and the company has pulled out , he stays behind and watches with awe as the local Peruvian Indians — who had been watching the film being made — begin to re-enact it . |
17 | For my father had opened his curtains and was sitting , shaved and in full uniform , on the edge of his bed from where evidently he had been watching the sky turn to dawn . |
18 | At least one assumed he had been watching the sky , there being little else to view from his small window other than roof-tiles and guttering . |
19 | Three local anglers had been watching the pantomime with great enjoyment , and I have yet to live it down . |
20 | It is believed that the gang had been watching the property from a nearby field . |
21 | When his case finally came up the evidence of the couple 's daughter , who had been watching the whole incident , was torn to shreds by Russell 's lawyer . |
22 | Harriet , who had been watching the meter , pulled a note out of her bag and passed it to the driver . |
23 | Sammy , who had been watching the slight twitching movements that Willie had made in his sleep , now stood at his feet . |
24 | The Princess of Wales once told me that her husband had been watching the Miss World contest , which quite surprised me . |
25 | On the particular afternoon he decided to end his life he had been watching the marshalling of the fish vans from his office window . |
26 | Whilst they had been watching the protesters , a waitress had come out of The Crossed Keys hotel on the corner of the square carrying a tray of interesting-looking glasses . |
27 | ‘ I du n no , ’ said Masklin , who had been watching the geese speculatively . |
28 | As a result , Mackensen was freed to attack the northern region of Serbia ; and Bulgaria , which had been watching the fortunes of war , anxious to identify the winning side , joined the Central Powers on 6 September 1915 . |
29 | Meanwhile Crowe , who had been watching the carnage unfold from the other end with increasing horror , unfurled some strokes of class in an attempt to ease the situation . |
30 | Whitlock , who had been watching the entrance from the comfort of an armchair for the past ten minutes , got to his feet and shook her extended hand . |