Example sentences of "was watch [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A parallel pleasure and comfort , for me at any rate , was to watch the Jews . |
| 2 | Cameron was sincerely amused — he found himself weirdly untroubled , as though he was watching a fantasy unfolding in which he was barely implicated . |
| 3 | What 's that ? — In this nightmare , he could see himself , quite clearly , as if he was watching a film on television . |
| 4 | In Roirbak 's laboratory wing , Ari was watching a movie too , though of a slightly different nature to any Roirbak had set out for Nathan 's entertainment . |
| 5 | Watching the editing of the Brahms Second Symphony I must say I forgot I was watching a film , simply because I was fascinated to hear new colours which the eye was suggesting by the way you were using shots of the violas and the trombones at some of the quietest moments in the work . |
| 6 | On the other hand , while I was watching a treecreeper , I noticed that , as it climbed obliquely around the trunk , its white throat and breast became very conspicuous . |
| 7 | She was watching a poor demented man , obviously having a bad day , hacking his way up the fairway towards her . |
| 8 | I was watching a card trick one of the soldiers was showing me and did not look up until the cart had almost passed the window . |
| 9 | I admired my daughter-in-law so much the day I saw her stand a full five minutes waiting for her little boy who was watching a worm disappearing through a hole in the earth . |
| 10 | When Creed called , Jed was watching a news report about a vulture who 'd just been arrested on a murder charge . |
| 11 | He was watching a spider in the top far corner of his room . |
| 12 | I COULD N'T tell whether I was watching a world title fight or Come Dancing last weekend . |
| 13 | The closest I came to anything clinical was watching a nurse shave the chest of a Lebanese businessman , so that she could attach the electrodes required for an ECG — I held the kidney dish into which the used razor was deposited . |
| 14 | Thus , for instance , suppose that Henry had believed that he was watching a recording of last year 's final , as he was ; in that case , his justification for his belief that p and thus by PC /j for his belief that q would have been destroyed . |
| 15 | Edward , Helen could see from his stance , was bored : he had his head tilted on one side and was watching a bird in a tree behind Peter Sidey 's left ear . |
| 16 | Marks was watching a young fisherman in the act of draining a pint tankard without swallowing . |
| 17 | I was watching a hawk above the trees when suddenly I saw something move . |
| 18 | It seemed to me that I was watching a play . |
| 19 | In the ‘ Where are they now Questions ’ , I was watching a vid. of the Leeds V Arse . |
| 20 | It happened as he was watching a council workman carry out repairs to the gate which is atatched to the wall : |
| 21 | so they 're trying to corner it and it 's munching on grass quite happily , you could see it was watching a minute , but it was watching them away and I think er any minute it 's looking out the corner of its eye and then it 's just gon na go when he sees it getting closer . |
| 22 | have you seen that movie , it was on erm tt I was watching a programme the other day about it . |
| 23 | I , I actually taped it and I was , I was watching a bit this morning before Jean came . |
| 24 | Well it was last night , I fell asleep , I was watching a film at the time . |
| 25 | He had forgotten that he was watching an exhibition . |
| 26 | Last week Alan was not in bed at nine o'clock ; he was watching the news with Geraldine . |
| 27 | Like millions of Americans I was watching the debate on television and , like millions of Americans , I leapt out of my seat yelling something like : ‘ I ca n't believe he said that … |
| 28 | I know because I 've tried it as well , and I would say it was a large contributing factor to a breakdown of understanding , because at this point I was watching the deterioration of the relationship between Tony DeFries and David . |
| 29 | Cilla looked on , grinning as if she was watching the perfect Blind Date union . |
| 30 | ‘ 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 ] . |