Example sentences of "[pron] sit watching [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sat watching the children , sipping coffee and trying to pick out words from one of Hussa 's newspapers . |
| 2 | Ash and I danced , then cousin Josh asked her , and I sat watching the people dance for a while — the best way to extract any real enjoyment from dancing , I 've always thought , but I seem to be unusual in not gaining any real pleasure from performing the movements — and then saw Helen Urvill , entering the hall holding a lager can . |
| 3 | For a moment or two she sat watching a breeze ruffle the calm surface of the hotel pool — the bright blue water was so inviting that the moment you got out you wanted to get straight back in again . |
| 4 | And then , as she sat watching the dancers , Molly thought of something which made her shiver , so that Ken Corduroy , noticing it , thought she felt cold in the dark garden and offered her the sweater which , like so many of the older guests , he wore knotted about his neck . |
| 5 | When Richard had gone she sat watching the other guests ; Stella was chatting animatedly to a lean , grey-haired man . |
| 6 | As we sit watching the sparks going up , and as we inhale the fragrant smoke , we are inclined to become philosophical or to sing nostalgic songs … |
| 7 | ‘ How have you found us ? ’ the headmaster asked me — masochistically — one warm summer 's afternoon as we sat watching a cricket match . |
| 8 | Benjamin fell silent and we sat watching the guttering flame of the candle . |
| 9 | His top-storey apartment had a glass dome which allowed him to sit watching the falling stars . |
| 10 | Two hours later , as they sat watching an Irish comedian telling jokes that she herself considered quite unsuitable for family viewing , jokes that she hoped were incomprehensible to Celia and her grandparents , the telephone rang : it was her mother , to report that Liz had not telephoned . |
| 11 | He sat watching the girl , wondering if there was any way of getting behind the mask . |
| 12 | Mr Malik , Robert reflected , as he sat watching the headmaster discuss the school 's proposal to take boarders , build an indoor tennis-court and a hard playing-area and organize a Community Service scheme , was a creature of his own imagination . |