Example sentences of "watch [pron] [vb base] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The assembled friends were told by Brendan Bracken in tones of wonderment that Churchill — that great Francophile — had rung to bellow that he would watch them die without a qualm if they ‘ ratted on Poland as they had ratted on Czechoslovakia , ’ while Bob Boothby told them repeatedly how he had exhorted Winston to ‘ break Chamberlain and take his place ’ . |
| 2 | Breed are the kind of band who will begin to write a tormented love song and watch it develop into a bloody massacre . |
| 3 | We watched them get into a small carriage which took them off to their new residence . |
| 4 | A slight smile curled the edges of his wide mouth as he watched them disappear behind a large veteran hay wagon parked on the far side of the pub yard . |
| 5 | Fat Watt watched them go with a satisfied air . |
| 6 | If he 's never caught his breath at the sight of your crooked smile , or felt his heart lurch with love at the sound of your voice , or watched you walk across a room and wanted you and finally found out that you return his feelings , then he 's a poor man and I 'm the richest man in the world . |
| 7 | She rushed from the room at the sound of the taxi honking and Kate watched her go with a pang of regret . |
| 8 | He paused in the doorway and watched her go into a dim hall , calling , ‘ Hoo-hoo ! |
| 9 | I watched her grow into a tomboy with a smile that encompassed the world ; eyes with the devil inside . |
| 10 | I watched her cry and I watched her grow into a beautiful assured young woman with the same infectious grin . |
| 11 | Evelyn shuddered as she watched him crouch for a second , then spring up and take off jauntily like a half mangled insect . |
| 12 | Paige watched him go with a sinking heart . |
| 13 | Cranston watched him disappear behind a wall . |
| 14 | She watched him sprawl in a cane chair on the terrace , light a cigar , and pick up a book , uncaring of the many and varied insects homing in on the light above him . |
| 15 | Shufflebotham watched him work for a few moments . |
| 16 | I watched him dip into a bucket and throw a scoopful of water on to the hot stones of the fire . |
| 17 | As his own name shrivelled in the heat , he dropped the envelope into the ashtray and watched it burn to a husk , then prodded it into tiny fragments with the extinguished match . |
| 18 | Ybreska watched it depart in a swirling dust-cloud . |
| 19 | My father watched us go with a worried face . |
| 20 | Sometimes , with Prince , it 's like watching someone else watching himself masturbate in a mirror . |
| 21 | Mrs Orton took it upon herself , watching him pick at a little heap of sprouts and chestnut , to observe that he had very likely made himself ill with being faddy . |
| 22 | Leonora sipped her tea in silence , watching him dispose of a large slice of cheese and several wholewheat biscuits . |
| 23 | It was Barney who returned to it first , dribbling cream into his coffee and watching it swirl into a spiral on the surface . |
| 24 | Then he allowed the body to drop to the floor , watching it twitch for a second before stepping back into the shadows from which he 'd emerged . |