Example sentences of "[pers pn] and watch [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Come with me and watch your friend 's fate . |
| 2 | At times in the past there must have been tenderness between the members of this family ; the old lady had conceived and given birth to two children , nursed them and watched them grow into adult life . |
| 3 | On several occasions I saw them and watched them while bombs were falling in the neighbourhood and air raids were overhead and asked them questions relating to war , sirens , etc … |
| 4 | There are times when barbel are so preoccupied with whatever business they have at hand , whether it be feeding , spawning , or just browsing , you can stand on the river 's edge right over the top of them and watch them without them taking fright and scurrying off . |
| 5 | I have also had to tell others they are unlikely to get in and then try to explain the politics of the department to them and watch their dismay when they realize that , perhaps regardless of merit , they do not fit in . |
| 6 | Ben the actor appeared beside them and started his piece , and I saw Filmer turn a bland face towards him and watched his mouth shape the unmistakable words , ‘ Go away . ’ |
| 7 | He lay there , listening to the noises in the street , quite tranquilly ; not caring much how the time went , but watching it and watching everything about him with observing eyes ( 2 ) . |
| 8 | [ Dombey and Son , Ch 16 ] The artlessness of the child 's mind is reflected partly in the repetitions " watching it and watching everything " and " deepen , deepen , deepen " ; in the use of common words , especially those with monosyllabic stems : " he thought how the long streets were dotted with lamps " , " and now he thought how black it was " ; and in the way the cohesion of the passage rests on the subject pronoun he and the conjunction and . |
| 9 | Sentences ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) illustrate the point : ( 2 ) He lay there listening to the noises not caring how time went but watching it and watching everything … ( 3 ) When the sunbeams struck into his room and quivered on the opposite wall through the rustling blinds like golden water he knew that evening was coming on , and that the sky was red and beautiful . |
| 10 | Leon Kennedy leant against the door to shut it and watched her . |
| 11 | When they reached the safety of the pile of sand they sat on top of it and watched their brothers . |
| 12 | Betty discouraged a fly from sitting on it and watched it as she prepared a salad for herself . |
| 13 | You can tell them to fire the building and they 'll do it and watch themselves burn . |
| 14 | If you pop an empty plastic bottle with the top screwed on into the tub , she will try to take swipes at it and watch it bob about . |
| 15 | Think all of us and watched it and you and mum and me . |