Example sentences of "was watching the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sarah was watching the chimneysweeps with a rapt expression , and holding the hands of two small boys , while one a bit older had to be reprimanded for trying to climb a tree . |
| 2 | It was so good , this telescope , we had , when I was watching the pheasants , in the field , I used to be there all day for the the carrion crows would come along do you see . |
| 3 | As I was watching the sparks bounce off the curved perspex , I suddenly remembered part of a nightmare I 'd never remembered before . |
| 4 | Fenella was watching the giants , feeling cold inside at the way in which they all kept glancing slyly in her direction . |
| 5 | ‘ If we do n't do something extremely soon , ’ said Caspar , who was watching the giants furtively , ‘ they 'll be heating up the squares any minute . ’ |
| 6 | The Robemaker was watching the slaves . |
| 7 | ‘ With the haughty air of a general in charge of manoeuvres he was watching the taxis streaming past [ there was no petrol rationing until April 1917 ] . |
| 8 | He was told to imagine that he had travelled back in time to the afternoon of the abduction and was watching the events unfold on a television documentary . |
| 9 | Patrick too was watching the shops go by , remembering the last time he had walked down them , it had been early in 1916 , and he had gone out with Mickey — God Rest Him — to buy his mother an Easter gift . |
| 10 | It was very hot in the scout hut where I was watching the preparations , so the clay was constantly being sprayed to prevent it drying out . |
| 11 | I was watching the gas-flares of oil-rigs maybe hundreds of kilometres away , out in the North Sea . |
| 12 | No , I was watching the watchers . |
| 13 | ‘ It was the Sunday after Wembley , and I was watching the highlights on the television , when Nick rang up in distress saying , ‘ Arthur 's broken his leg ! ’ |