Example sentences of "watch [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , on card C , which of these channels do you watch most often nowadays ? |
| 2 | What what station , what channel would you watch most often ? |
| 3 | I could never stand and watch so would walk away to wink and flirt with the young novices . |
| 4 | ‘ You can watch so much stuff on the TV and forget it , but if you watch something like Plan 9 From Outer Space there 's something about it slightly missing the mark that just becomes remarkable . ’ |
| 5 | did you watch Only Fools And Horses yesterday ? |
| 6 | Protection can mean Defence of the Faith , i.e. of Christianity , or it can mean the adoption and identification of a ‘ guardian spirit ’ , who will watch over your life-journey , a universal , but at the same time very individual and personal desire , expressed in most religions and cultures . |
| 7 | It is a product of organised human life , and it is primarily their responsibility to start and watch over the process . |
| 8 | And yiv got tae watch not tae laugh at them , huv n't yi . |
| 9 | They were sitting at an outside table in one of the corner cafés of the Ataba el Khadra , out of reach of the traffic but strategically placed so that they could watch not only all the interesting things that went on in the square but also the more sophisticated exchanges which went on between tourist and native in Musky Street . |
| 10 | Back then , I 'd watch Tonight before heading to the West End to play in Roar Like A Dove . |
| 11 | Yeah you can come and watch anyway |
| 12 | ‘ We must wait and watch carefully , until we know our men . ’ |
| 13 | We will watch carefully as the situation develops . |
| 14 | And then when they get bigger you give them more and more freedom to do just what they want to do and all you do is watch carefully and make sure they 're not doing anything obviously , outrageously daft but you let them find themselves and if there are problems they bring their problems to you and you sit down and you quietly talk about it , there 's not shouting , no I say you 've got to do this because I am your parent ! |
| 15 | He could only watch helplessly . |
| 16 | This was the first time that everyone else on the station at that time became aware of the danger , and they could only watch helplessly as the child stood petrified with fright between the rails . |
| 17 | He could only watch helplessly as Paula was hurled headfirst into the canoe floating nearby . |
| 18 | You can only watch helplessly as your child screws up her face , stamps her feet and screams because she ca n't take the toy she wants home with her , or have that alluring packet of sweets she 's seen before tea . |
| 19 | James , hands covered with chicken entrails , could only watch helplessly . |
| 20 | Isabel could only watch helplessly as Lady Eleanor was set to scurrying back and forth between the solar and the Queen 's wardrobe . |
| 21 | It takes you and deposits you at the edge of a precipice and you can watch helplessly as you dangle and your hopes for survival are sinking into the depths of despair ’ . |
| 22 | I watch I 'll probably watch about half an hour tonight , an hour tomorrow night . |
| 23 | You should land ready to fight and watch out for the opponent 's foot sweep . |
| 24 | ‘ When Margaret Thatcher gets in you and your bloody unions better watch out . ’ |
| 25 | I think we should watch out . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Though do watch out for the stones , wo n't you , my dear ? |
| 27 | One of the ways she visualized life was as a swirling , unpredictable tide of confusion which swept you along helpless , bumping against rocks , trying to snatch at branches , bits of wreckage , anything that might help to keep you afloat for , if you did n't watch out , the waters would suck you down and close over your head . |
| 28 | As harvest looms , growers who are over-enthusiastic with the matches when the combines have finished had better watch out . |
| 29 | Visitors to Ingatestone , one of the few houses in Essex to boast original mullioned windows , should watch out for Siddy the green parrot , who flaps around the garden performing his imitation of a ringing telephone . |
| 30 | Visitors to Ingatestone , one of the few houses in Essex to boast original mullioned windows , should watch out for Siddy the green parrot , who flaps around the garden performing his imitation of a ringing telephone . |