Example sentences of "watch [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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1 | And if you could watch him for a while longer , you might discover just what he — a descendant of herd-living , company-loving , fast and flighty wild horses — feels about domestication . |
2 | For the England team , on whose success depends not only the financial viability of the counties themselves , but also the capacity of the game to attract young people to play and watch it as a part of their heritage , the preparation for Test cricket provided by the present hotch-potch is clearly unsatisfactory . |
3 | I 'm not allowed to Wednesdays cos your mum do n't watch it on a Wednesday ! |
4 | I know I want to know , but I 'm gon na watch it in a bit ! |
5 | There 's a man and a woman sitting at a table by the window , and I watch them for a bit . |
6 | I watch them for a bit , but they do n't win nothing . |
7 | I watch them for a bit . |
8 | So watch them for a while and then he started dancing with them and he dance them all night and he just get in his hand . |
9 | But it is undoubtedly dangerous and often cruel , stirring not so much the boxers but the crowds who watch them to a pitch of savagery quite incompatible with the notion that boxing is ‘ the noble art of self-defence ’ . |
10 | Developed by Kodak and Philips , Photo CD allows users to store up to 100 high quality photographic images on a CD and watch them on a TV set or computer screen . |
11 | Well you should save the programmes you recorded and watch them on a Saturday . |
12 | I told Bagshot to lock the clubs in the baggage-room and watch them like a hawk . ’ |
13 | I watch them like a glass |
14 | The smoke sort of hangs in blue layers above the bed and I watch it for a bit . |
15 | There 's a fag end on the ground by my eye and I watch it for a bit . |
16 | ‘ You said that if you drop a clock into a black hole , and you watch it from a long way off , the hands appear to go round slower the closer it gets to the hole . |
17 | You might be tempted to say — ‘ If the ORCS are that good in a recession , watch our in a boom ! ’ . |
18 | He watched me with an anxiety and a pity so powerful I walked away . |
19 | It was to this woman , who watched them with a smile , that Travis now led her . |
20 | Madame Gautier watched them for a moment , drawing deeply on her cigarette . |
21 | Donna watched them for a moment , then looked away . |
22 | I stood and watched them for a while , training my binoculars on them and seeming , now and again in the shifting images of light , to discern structures around them . |
23 | And as the half-dozen lengthened into a line , he watched them like a file of horsemen on a hanging tapestry , each separate , and the last flagging . |
24 | All the same he watched them like a cold-eyed hawk , and Maggie knew they must not put one foot wrong , favour or not . |
25 | They backed the horse between the traces and untied her hobble without a glance at the Horsey townsfolk who watched them from a very great distance . |
26 | ‘ So I watched you for a while , and when you saw me watching , and you looked nervous , as though you thought me a criminal , about to steal all the stock , it amused me to tease you , try and discover why Donal thought you special . |
27 | His voice was indolent , but his brilliant eyes watched her with an intensity that belied that lazy unconcern . |
28 | Joe watched her for a second , his long finger delicately turning the gold ring in his ear . |
29 | Anne watched her for a few moments in stunned silence , trying to decide if she meant what she had said . |
30 | He watched her for a moment in silence . |