Example sentences of "as they watch [art] " in BNC.

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1 Marjorie Wallace ( 1985 ) has collected accounts from seventy-five families of schizophrenic sufferers from all over the country , who paint a harrowing tale of fear , loss and powerlessness as they watch a member of their family gradually disintegrate .
2 Maxwell nodded as they watched a little , hustling minx sashay her way across the floor .
3 As they watched a uniformed man , complete with helmet , jumped to the ground and loped his way over to them .
4 No Bishop of Durham could ever forget , or was ever allowed to forget , how one of his predecessors Westcott mediated in a bitter strike ; how a vast crowd stood outside Auckland Castle , seeing the owners through the windows of one room and the miners through the windows of another , waiting for five hours as they watched the bishop go to and fro between the two rooms ; until he brought the parties to a happy agreement , and when he came out among the crowd he received an ovation .
5 As they watched the image of the Madonna moved , making signs of comfort and hope .
6 ‘ Will ye shut up ? ’ from Nellie was the last thing the old couple heard as they watched the cart disappear down the track .
7 It had also long been a great source of amusement to the more belligerent regulars as they watched the uninitiated stumble in and sit down .
8 They took a soaking no doubt relieved in an attitude of ‘ rather you than me , mate ’ as they watched the canoeists jump and sit in one motion the way they had practised boarding .
9 As they watched the enemy approach this , Seton and Ramsay nodded grimly .
10 EVEN the sophisticated Hollywood audience at the American Cinematheque tribute to Sean Connery , held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel last weekend , were blushing a bit as they watched the raunchy video offerings from Dame Edna and Richard Harris .
11 Some of the children were screaming as they watched the tussle going on between the nun and the girl whom they secretly admired and envied because she was n't afraid of the dreaded Sister Mary .
12 As they watched the towering ships sail forth his advisors were dismayed because they feared that the despatch of such a force would leave Ulthuan almost defenceless .
13 She really wanted them to burn tonight , to feel the heat between their legs as they watched the glowing monitors .
14 She had anticipated as much when he talked to her about leaving as they watched the sun go down over the Mediterranean during the honeymoon cruise .
15 The onlookers were silent as they watched the two naked beauties go through their gymnastic routine , their flying limbs and swinging boobs glistening with sweat .
16 She could hear the audience begin to breathe heavily as they watched the machine-driven dildo lewdly disappear , centimetre by centimetre , into her cute snatch .
17 ‘ That scale of operation does make Anthony 's black marketing seem quite trivial , does n't it ? ’ said Julia as they watched the jeep disappearing in a cloud of dust .
18 When she was a child in the adjoining village of Tunstall , nearly eighty years ago , she and her companions used to chant the following rhyme as they watched the turning sails :
19 Cardiff turned to see Duvall loosening his overcoat slowly as he moved to draw level behind them as they watched the elevator doors .
20 ‘ That was lucky , ’ Blake said , as they watched the three prisoners escape from the dungeon .
21 And now , as they got back into the car , both men sat in silence as they watched the light switched on in the front bedroom — and then the curtains being drawn across .
22 ‘ But I like the Fontana dei Fiumi best , ’ Caroline admitted as they watched the water stream from the carved figures that represented the rivers of four continents .
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