Example sentences of "watch [adv] as [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can only watch helplessly as your child screws up her face , stamps her feet and screams because she ca n't take the toy she wants home with her , or have that alluring packet of sweets she 's seen before tea . |
| 2 | But Lear does not , and we sit and watch helplessly as his not knowing leads to chaos in his kingdom , to madness , and to death . |
| 3 | Parents of young users have watched helplessly as their children , their bodies overheating uncontrollably , suffer a painful and harrowing shocking death . |
| 4 | Other investors perished ; or , at the very least , watched helplessly as their assets , like trees in the path of a firestorm , wilted , singed , then were consumed . |
| 5 | The Seaforth housewife watched helplessly as her prized pet flew off in Litherland on Saturday . |
| 6 | She watched helplessly as his hands found the buttons of his shirt . |
| 7 | My all-time favourite remark was made by a visiting Chesterfield supporter who watched silently as his team prepared to take a penalty in the dying seconds of a game at Barnsley which would have given them the draw . |
| 8 | Adult greylag geese were more aloof and watched anxiously as their goslings joined in the competition for food . |
| 9 | They will expect you to watch helplessly as their trap gradually tightens , so do n't wait — break through their line as quickly as possible and run to find help , weapons or a better place to stand and fight . |
| 10 | New Zealand newcomer Blair Hartland watches anxiously as his edge eludes the driving Allan Lamb . |