Example sentences of "sit [adv] [conj] watch [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inside , an apron has been fixed in front of the window-slots so wheelchairs can be pushed close , giving people the chance to sit comfortably and watch many of the 250-plus bird species . |
| 2 | we 're off grass track racing now … one of the country 's biggest meetings was held in Oxfordshire at the weekend … and if you 've never been to a race before … sit back and watch this … it 's exciting stuff … |
| 3 | out , he says to me you 'll kill yourself , you always want to do something , but to be honest it 's worse for me to sit there and watch that , it 's more tiring because by the end of the night I 'm not tired or I 've been asleep all evening I , I 'm better to go out , I know it sounds awful but I do n't like being trapped , I do n't like being in because somebody seems to think I should be in |
| 4 | I 've been coming to conference for the last fifteen years to help build the grand union which we 've got today and I 'm not gon na sit back and watch this carved up , for nobody , for nobody . |
| 5 | You know his laws in parc you know sort of in practice , but we 'll , we 'll sit here and watch that pen until it suddenly jumps off the table . |
| 6 | I 'll sit there and watch some guy and go , ‘ Man , the work that must have gone into that ! ’ and they 're just whizzing right along making it look easy , but at the same time it does n't make those hairs stand up . |
| 7 | Speaking at the launch of the coalition , the Chairman , Professor John Moxham , said : ‘ We doctors can no longer just sit by and watch this tragedy , under the guise of acceptable promotion … |