Example sentences of "a [noun] watch a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stay there a bit watching a telly programme with this man doing stuff . |
| 2 | She was sitting in a cinema watching a film . |
| 3 | The countryman takes a great interest in the weather : he has to because his living is bound up with it ; and he observes it as closely as a scientist watching a long and intricate experiment . |
| 4 | It 's not a crime to watch a rival soap . |
| 5 | It is obviously devastating for a parent to watch a child go through misery , but Dorothy Einon points out that children learn how to give and take from such experiences . |
| 6 | IWAS looking at them uncomprehendingly ; they were eyeing me like a cat watches a captured mouse that might yet try to make a dash for freedom . |
| 7 | She stepped back , massaging her wrist and looking at Hrun in much the same way that a cat watches a mousehole . |
| 8 | On one occasion , a group watched a prayer meeting held in Martyr 's Square in Tripoli : row upon row of men stood before long carpets spread on the tarmac and performed their prayers : it was an impressive sight . |
| 9 | Think of at least two different contexts in which the use of each of the following might become symbolic : a book a goblet a photograph a necklace a fob watch a dried flower . |
| 10 | Benjamin leaned against a wall watching a butcher at the far end of the yard hack a haunch of beef into huge , steaming slabs , the blood pouring like red streams over the rough-hewn carving block . |
| 11 | In this dream I was standing by a river watching a man in swimming trunks caught in the downward surge of a waterfall or weir . |
| 12 | Sport offers spontaneity which , combined with ever more sophisticated technology , allows a viewer to watch a game from many different angles , moving in for a close-up on the agonized or exultant face of the athlete , or panning back for a shot of the pitch , track , or the seashore during an Open golf championship . |
| 13 | Rebecca was looking pointedly from one of us to the other like a parody of a spectator watching a tennis rally . |
| 14 | Moore stared into the cruel eyes , like a bird watching a cat . |