Example sentences of "[was/were] watching the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they were watching the bloody running this afternoon |
| 2 | We were watching the tufted ducks which made up for their late appearance this season by arriving in more than usual strength . |
| 3 | She fell silent for a moment and I saw she was watching the long heaving waves slip past our flanks . |
| 4 | She was watching the chief inspector 's face as she said it , and she knew that he believed her , and accepted her as a good witness . |
| 5 | He was off the road on a forest track , little-used and thick with dead leaves , and he was watching the failing light through the branches of the trees overhead . |
| 6 | The bearded man was in the Captain 's cabin , and the young man in the black shirt was watching the other passengers . |
| 7 | Mm , what , something I what I was watching the other night erm , what on earth was , something , it was nineteen forty seven that were , it was er , it was an old repeat |
| 8 | Cilla looked on , grinning as if she was watching the perfect Blind Date union . |
| 9 | I was watching it at the movies , I was watching the whole thing at the cinema . |
| 10 | He was watching the circling helicopters . |