Example sentences of "and watched the [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jane took early morning walks and watched the building operations . |
| 2 | Jazz switched the television off and came outside with them and they kicked a tin-can round the field a bit and then sat on some dumped oil-drums and watched the lights come on along the front and smoked a cigarette and reflected on their fate . |
| 3 | By three o'clock she had asked her several times if there was anything she wanted , brought her biscuits and tea and watched the clock for an hour . |
| 4 | Joseph and the other occupants in the landaulet twisted in their seats and watched the rest of the villagers rush to surround the fallen boy . |
| 5 | He stood there , one foot up , one foot down , and watched the top of the ladder bounce against the rickety scenery . |
| 6 | Rain sat in the turquoise chair with the purple footstool , Oliver was on the settee not far from the replacement Chinese screen , Cobalt fingered the bronze bird , Tim stood in the doorway and watched the downpour slanting over the deck . |
| 7 | I lay on a thyme-covered slope above the bay , having come quietly through the trees , and watched the cottages below for any sign of unusual life . |
| 8 | They had sat together on the other scaffolding and watched the Graces dance . |
| 9 | The humbler guardians of politicians patrolled the grounds and watched the roads . |
| 10 | I had another coffee ; I was confused , irritable and dizzy as I stood by the buffet and watched the station cleaners , suddenly desperate to be on my way before tiredness made me change my mind . |
| 11 | ‘ Come and have a drink , ’ said Cormack , and they moved into the bar and sat at the fixed tables and watched the glasses slide from rim to rim . |
| 12 | They sat down and watched the lawyers . |
| 13 | In the years that followed I made many flights with those ‘ intrepid bush pilots ’ and watched the development of aviation in Canada . |
| 14 | I stood aft and watched the Butt of Lewis light for a while . |
| 15 | I took my place in the refectory at a separate table near the dais and watched the lady prioress sweep in . |
| 16 | Katherine spun round the room and watched the bottle green fabric of her new dress lift and swirl with her . |
| 17 | Lowell sat back on his heels and watched the flames . |
| 18 | They walked hand in hand along the cliff-top path at Møns Klint , and watched the sea . |
| 19 | Afterwards we went to church and then sat and watched the sea for a long time . |
| 20 | Vibrant with exercise , alone , firmly pushing aside all thought that oppressed her , she sat and watched the sea , while the salty air buffeted softly against her cheeks and the gulls wheeled overhead , slightly paler than the pale sky . |
| 21 | She stopped at the bridge over the estuary and watched the sea birds swoop over mud , chocolate-brown with slabs of black sheen like coal . |
| 22 | Churchill was informed of this order within an hour , and watched the raid from the Air Ministry roof . |
| 23 | Fifty yards out he stopped and trod water while getting his breath and watched the patrol boat drop anchor while still two hundred yards out . |
| 24 | Faced with the prospect of watching a fat geordie sweating himself to death on a sofa or driving down the A1 to Elland Road I chose the latter and watched the Swindon game . |
| 25 | He rose from the chair and watched the girl come slowly into the room . |
| 26 | I went and stood in the corridor and watched the towns and villages flash past ; we went through Chalon-sur-Saône , Dijon and on towards Lyons . |
| 27 | The Director paused and watched the scene below for a few thoughtful seconds , as a squad of house servants bagged and carried out the human remains , and began stripping off the blood-soaked canvas cover from the padded squares underneath , removing it for cleaning . |
| 28 | Harry had adjourned to a small low-ceilinged pub in Broad Street to pass the interval , installed himself by the window , supped beer and watched the customers come and go : down-at-heel old soaks somewhat beyond his own position on the scale of decline ; and garrulous little knots of students with faces as downily naïve as their opinions were falsely wise . |
| 29 | It was just after nine the following night , rain pounding in from the Atlantic , when Asa stood in the control tower at Laville and watched the Dornier take off . |
| 30 | The Glovers stood alone on the bridge and watched the terns . |