Example sentences of "watch in [noun] as he " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had such a talent for self-dramatisation that I would n't have put it past him , on finding that plunger , to have invented the whole thing — except that I had watched in horror as he deliberately forced the wretched mestizo over the edge , thrusting at his face with that dummy hand until he had disappeared into the gorge below . |
| 2 | He seemed quite unperturbed by her behaviour , by being walloped across the face , and she watched in amazement as he calmly took his own glass and sat in the chair opposite . |
| 3 | Endill watched in horror as he began hitting the handle , swinging against it with all his might . |
| 4 | But the moment Renaud reached the Saracen lines , he was put into irons ; the Christian defenders then watched in horror as he was dragged before the castle and tortured in front of them . |
| 5 | Friends on the ground watched in horror as he was towed along for 20 seconds before managing to pull an emergency handle to free himself from the snagged chute . |
| 6 | Shoppers in Manchester 's Moss Side watched in horror as he crashed into parked cars . |
| 7 | Staff and customers watched in horror as he poured the petrol over himself and set himself alight . |
| 8 | She watched in disappointment as he reached for his clothes . |
| 9 | Isabel obeyed , watching in trepidation as he paced over to the door , then back to the fireplace . |
| 10 | She went easily , her trembling legs no longer capable of supporting her , watching in silence as he strode over to the table next to the window embrasure and stood with his back to her , leaning both fists on the oak surface . |