Example sentences of "have [be] watching [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kermit and his staff had been watching Hurricane Andrew as it tore through the Bahamas . |
| 2 | All morning she had been watching low-slung , sharp-nosed cars complete several circuits , then draw into the pits to be set upon by swarms of mechanics and subjected to intensive fine-tuning . |
| 3 | Mr Ali hurled himself at Conroy as he fired , hitting the shopkeeper and Navid , who had been watching TV . |
| 4 | The children had been watching TV and the noise had drowned out the sound of the fire raging downstairs . |
| 5 | She had been watching television , another of those comedies where the audience laughs immoderately at thin jokes . |
| 6 | On his much publicised appearance on the Wogan show : ‘ I got a phone call from Alex Higgins who had been watching television with his pal , Oliver Reed . |
| 7 | Amongst the villagers , the division on Friday night was between the men , who had been in the pub and could vouch for each other , and the wives , who had been watching telly at home and could n't , but who seemed knowledgeable , when pressed , about a number of ITV programmes . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been watching television . |
| 9 | Do you think that the er it must be the war , the first world war , if you 've been watching Testament of Youth , Fear and Britain 's Testament of Youth , which I read years ago |
| 10 | You 've been watching House of Elliot . |