Example sentences of "[noun sg] watching it " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All through the day of the funeral , ’ said Sherrin , ‘ the solemnity , the pomp and the processing poured out of the television and Michael , who was sitting at home watching it all , was inspired to address the nation through the character of Byron and to explain the impact on his generation of discovering the greatness of the dead ex-Prime Minister . |
| 2 | We have a fox that lives near us and I have spent many a night and a morning watching it frolicking and jumping about and it breaks my heart to think that many of its kind are suffering death at its worst . |
| 3 | Dyson sat back in his chair watching it , yawning , his hands behind his head . |
| 4 | He 's watched football in every league ground in England , all 92 , and he 's been to America , to watch West Bromwich playing in America , he 's been to the last two or three world cup tournaments , and he goes to all the matches away , you know , European cup matches and everything that English teams are playing in , he 's all over the world watching it , you see , This year , he 's watched 22 games , which is about fifty per cent of his normal , and even he 's getting browned off … |
| 5 | It does nothing useful , despite what you may think about screen saving , but it 's given me more entertainment watching it than any amount of television soaps — Johnny even celebrates major holidays at the right time ( assuming your PC 's clock is set correctly , of course ) . |
| 6 | For some time he hung like a bird watching it . |
| 7 | The way he tells it I feel I am right there on the spot watching it all happen . ’ |
| 8 | The reason behind this two-stage approach is that it is often very difficult for the viewers of the demonstration to understand the principles of how a product works while at the same time watching it work . |