Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] watched " in BNC.
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| 1 | In autumn my father watched for boys who climbed in to steal his apples but was stumped by their shamelessness even when caught red-handed . |
| 2 | My father watched us go with a worried face . |
| 3 | And then he beat me , and my father watched — and did nothing ! ’ |
| 4 | My master watched him go . |
| 5 | None of the television which Boy watched for so many hours made sense in a conventional way , because he watched television as if it was one continuous programme . |
| 6 | Against these points must be set the fatalism with which Law watched his country drift into civil war ; the patriotic party became begetters of rebellion , the party of order suborned crime and mutiny , and the leader of the opposition in parliament approved and supported the destruction of both the practice and the authority of parliament . |
| 7 | Her husband watched her , concerned for her , for his family . |
| 8 | The old woman stared at him and her eyes were bright and piercing and the silver thimble had fallen to the lap of her dress , and her fists were clenched now as if she searched for a memory , and her husband watched her anxiously as if he witnessed that she was at war within herself . |
| 9 | Her husband watched her reading and finally lost touch with her . |
| 10 | Jean Coulter and her friend watched the group in conversation and were impressed by what appeared from across the room to be the relaxed self-control of Joan and Derek . |
| 11 | She was fifteen , lithe , conscious of her own body and beautiful in her art , and all the while as the spectators ' enthusiasm grew her father watched her , drinking Jerez , nodding his head and smiling . |
| 12 | Her father-in-law watched her , sleepily , admiringly , then asked for one too ; she handed him the fruit whole . |
| 13 | Having made their name as the most mischievous men in pop , their audience watched uneasily as Madness turned down the corners of their mouths . |
| 14 | From the corner of the compound the raised machine-gun and its minder watched and bided their time . |
| 15 | Her brother watched her , with love and anxiety , as she checked the contents of her handbag . |
| 16 | Even as her mother watched , a fourth man swooped from nowhere like a bird of prey and snatched the girl into his arms . |
| 17 | Her mother watched her . |
| 18 | The husband screwed her hard while his wife watched . |
| 19 | His grandmother watched , her toothless mouth agape . |
| 20 | A SOCCER referee collapsed and died during a match as his son watched from the sidelines . |
| 21 | The Doctor and his party watched warily as the three ghostly figures beckoned with one digit of their three fingered hands . |
| 22 | In those areas where it was possible to receive transmissions only 9% of households had a set , and only 8% of our sample watched television daily . |