Example sentences of "been watching the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd been watching the premises for several months . |
| 2 | For my father had opened his curtains and was sitting , shaved and in full uniform , on the edge of his bed from where evidently he had been watching the sky turn to dawn . |
| 3 | At least one assumed he had been watching the sky , there being little else to view from his small window other than roof-tiles and guttering . |
| 4 | Together with other members of the medical team and the accident prevention team , Rachel had been watching the video of a recent casualty faking that they had staged at OBEX Aircraft Corporation . |
| 5 | Had he been watching the others , before he took his own spoonful ? |
| 6 | And I 've seen the look in your eyes recently when you 've been watching the singers on stage . |
| 7 | Not only that : his was the round , jolly face he had seen in the window the day he had been hit on the head outside the room where he had been watching the Occultation of the Twenty-fourth Imam of the Wimbledon Dharjees . |
| 8 | When interviewed by police Hardy had said he had been watching the disturbances but denied throwing missiles . |
| 9 | Six months ago six major E C Health and Safety Directives came into effect covering workplace safety , machinery , protective equipment , manual handling , work with computers and word processors , they 've built on a framework directive giving workers new rights to consultation and the right to stop the job and the union has been watching the government and the H S E and me as well , in their attempts to water down the requirements of these directives and we might well lodge a formal complaint with Brussels that could land the Tories in Europe 's Court of Justice . |
| 10 | Venus , Ah think , ’ Ward said , and I realised he , too , had been watching the spectacle in absolute silence . |
| 11 | An undisciplined cheer went up from the crew members who had been watching the fight . |
| 12 | It overlooked the street , it was too hot , and the people on the other side of the wall had been watching the hotel 's cable channel late and loud so that he 'd had to go around and hammer on their door . |
| 13 | She had been watching the tumble-drier for ages and still her clothes were n't quite dry . |
| 14 | Maclaren has been watching the story unfold . |
| 15 | Had n't she been watching the models for weeks and dying for a chance to imitate them ? |
| 16 | But do you feel somebody wanted you to do that or has somebody just been watching the clock on the revivals and the clock 's ticked round to a point in time now ? |
| 17 | The storyteller has already told us that he has been watching the road , his heart trembling with fear for the precious ark . |
| 18 | She had been watching the legion of black ants moving along the plain . |
| 19 | You 've been watching the Americans , they , cos the Americans , why do American police officers carry guns ? |
| 20 | Harriet , who had been watching the meter , pulled a note out of her bag and passed it to the driver . |
| 21 | Her mother must have been watching the quayside from her terrace , Caroline realised with a jolt . |
| 22 | Jimmy had been watching the race from his deckchair . |
| 23 | I would like to have been watching the expression on his face , having put the question to him so bluntly , but just at that moment I had to slam on my brakes for two gaudily painted trucks , one of them with La Resurrección elaborately painted in red . |
| 24 | He had been watching the expression that crossed her face and now his own face closed to a sheet of ice . |
| 25 | When the film is complete and the company has pulled out , he stays behind and watches with awe as the local Peruvian Indians — who had been watching the film being made — begin to re-enact it . |
| 26 | Whilst they had been watching the protesters , a waitress had come out of The Crossed Keys hotel on the corner of the square carrying a tray of interesting-looking glasses . |
| 27 | And I knew that he had been watching the death of the tree too . |
| 28 | As a result , Mackensen was freed to attack the northern region of Serbia ; and Bulgaria , which had been watching the fortunes of war , anxious to identify the winning side , joined the Central Powers on 6 September 1915 . |
| 29 | Cos we 've been watching the repeat of Victoria Wood ! |
| 30 | Gordon Jackson , a school governor has been watching the meeting — for his school the outcome is crucial . |