Example sentences of "she [verb] been watching " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eye to the crack in the door , Jezrael saw the girl 's own guilt palm the cuber as though she 'd been watching the security scanner all along . |
| 2 | It was hard to believe that this generously smiling woman was the same predatory creature she 'd been watching just a moment ago — but the image she had seen was seared in her brain , and suddenly she knew there was no way in the world that she could allow this woman to be a mother to Kirsty . |
| 3 | Twelve year old Emma Butler died during a kickabout after a five a side football match … she 'd been watching her younger brother , Matthew , play in a tournament organised by the St Edmunds Football Club at the European School in Abingdon … details of what exactly happened are still sketchy … but it 's believed a hockey goal post which was leaning against a hut fell down crushing Emmas chest … |
| 4 | ‘ You 've done quite well , ’ Arlene conceded , keeping to herself the growing excitement with which she had been watching Paula over the past weeks . |
| 5 | ‘ Antonia told me she had been watching Mellor on TV in the run up to the General Election and said she had suddenly been taken over by this incredible desire for him and that she badly wanted to meet him . |
| 6 | I wondered if she had been watching our fight . |
| 7 | She had been watching television , another of those comedies where the audience laughs immoderately at thin jokes . |
| 8 | ‘ Hold on , ’ Agnes warned ; she had been watching Maxim 's expression . |
| 9 | Then Luke materialised beside her , and with a shock of despair Merrill realised that , unconsciously , she had been watching for him . |
| 10 | She had been watching him intently , looking for any sign that he was sceptical about this mission . |
| 11 | She had been watching the tumble-drier for ages and still her clothes were n't quite dry . |
| 12 | She had been watching him for half an hour staring out at the view , motionless . |
| 13 | She had been watching the legion of black ants moving along the plain . |
| 14 | All morning she had been watching low-slung , sharp-nosed cars complete several circuits , then draw into the pits to be set upon by swarms of mechanics and subjected to intensive fine-tuning . |