Example sentences of "as [pers pn] watch the " in BNC.
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| 1 | four or five times as I watch the skua tries and each time it fails . |
| 2 | As I watch the programme being filmed , I imagine that the cameras are rifles , lining up telescopic sights at his head . |
| 3 | It also occurs to me , as I watch the laibon direct a stream of sugar into his second cup of tea , that there may have been something degrading about being delivered this cultural snub . |
| 4 | Pa and Ms are both snoring as I watch the yellow dustcart reverse up our track . |
| 5 | As Claud Mullins , a London magistrate , commented on the plight of separated women in 1935 : ‘ Day by day as I watch the women who come into court on summonses for arrears — probably the least attractive of all Police Court work — I sometimes wonder whether after all many of them would not have done better to put up with the ills they had , rather than to have placed their faith in court orders ’ . |
| 6 | Now as I watch the progress of the plague , The friends surrounding me fall sick , grow thin , And drop away . |
| 7 | Nursing my mug of tea in both hands and feeling the warmth of the rum through my body , the thought crossed my mind as I watched the mortar team sitting on the grass in front of me , ‘ What if the Germans discovered where we were , and got our range ? |
| 8 | As we said our goodbyes and hoped to meet up again soon , I could n't help thinking as I watched the column disappear in the distance that the Marines were not going to find the situation any easier than their last venue . |
| 9 | I clutched my daysack on my lap as I watched the clipboard make its way round . |
| 10 | My stomach turned over as I watched the ball heading for the out-of-bounds , but to my relief it looked as though it had stayed in , even if it seemed in an awful spot . |
| 11 | As I watched the fire at Windsor Castle it seemed as if the very foundations of our family were crumbling . |
| 12 | Just two days later , at a party attended by a particularly ‘ old ’ ( and tarty ) flame of his , the expression on my face as I watched the two of them exchange meaningful glances would surely have revealed the same disgust and disdain that Diana displays whenever she encounters one of her husband 's confidantes . |
| 13 | As I watched the den over the next few days , I began to appreciate the set pattern of this mink 's activity . |
| 14 | As I watched the figure the lights in the windows would fade and the house would dissolve into darkness again , always out of reach ; all that remained was a certainty that the figure was there , waiting . |
| 15 | Suddenly , as I watched the video in an editing suite at work , I heard his deep , warm voice filling the room and was transfixed . |
| 16 | As I watched the big mechanical blades of the combine tear into the barley , I just had to get out there on to that hallowed ground and start detecting . |
| 17 | Yes , because suddenly the answer came to me , as I watched the candles . |
| 18 | I knew , as I watched the miserable small boy with large shadowed eyes clamber into the boat , that it would be a long afternoon . |
| 19 | You may not realise , as you watch the humble caddie walk the fairways , how heavy that bag is . |
| 20 | As you watch the yellow rain |
| 21 | On a hot summer day though there can be few better ways to begin a holiday than sitting on deck sipping an ice-cold San Miguel and tasting the salt spray as you watch the old town of Ibiza receding while Formentera beckons . |
| 22 | Mother Francis was thinking about Eve as she watched the rain fall steadily on the convent grounds . |
| 23 | Her heart was beating rapidly as she watched the floors wink by . |
| 24 | Ashi found herself rooted to the spot in disbelief as she watched the threshing legs of her daughter . |
| 25 | She bit down hard on her lip as she watched the four girls . |
| 26 | She was holding a net curtain to one side with the gold-ringed fingers of one hand , while in the other hand she held to her mouth a long white ebony cigarette holder on which she drew constantly as she watched the visitor enter her neighbour 's house . |
| 27 | As she watched the strangers dismount the thought came to her . |
| 28 | Tears rose haphazardly to her eyes as she watched the sequence of silent film Alexei showed her in the now darkened room . |
| 29 | Spires of crimson and carmine and blood were the rocks , changing colour even as she watched the new day burn off their sugar-frost coating . |
| 30 | Miranda slipped from her bed and wandered to a window ; leaning out , she smelled rosemary and eucalyptus as she watched the summer storm approach from the distant cobalt-blue mountains . |