Example sentences of "[noun] and watched [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paige stood in the doorway and watched his retreating figure until it was no more than a deeper patch of dark in the gathering gloom . |
| 2 | John Coffin saw her into the car and watched her drive away , then himself walked home across the Heath . |
| 3 | I gave her the carrier and watched her jaunty backview disappear with it into the crowds , and I was more and more sure that what she was carrying was harmless . |
| 4 | Instead he pulled her to her feet and watched her move . |
| 5 | She slumped in the far corner of the white Corniche and watched her mother nervously hugging the steering wheel and peering at the road ahead . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's ironic that it should be a colleague who caused the wound , because I have now toured New Zealand three times and watched their style of rucking . |
| 7 | When she did n't reply I crossed the room , stood with one hand on the back of her chair and watched her turn pages of colour plates of patchwork quilts . |
| 8 | As the front door closed he pulled himself from the sofa and watched her drive away . |
| 9 | When they had passed the house he stood in the bay and watched their progress . |
| 10 | I stood at the foot of the bed and watched my grandfather go to sleep . |
| 11 | He murmured his agreement and watched her walk across to the bridlepath and start up it towards the dome-shaped summit . |
| 12 | When I had nothing on at all he sat on the floor beside the bed with his cheek resting on one arm and watched my face while he caressed me . |