71.   Scores of journalists frequently checked their watches and fought off the sand man as midnight approached.

72.   Scores of journalists frequently checked their watches and fought off drowsiness as midnight approached.

73.   The curtain opens to five women examining their manicures, checking their watches and wagging their fingers at a boyfriend no doubt getting a dressing down for being late.

74.   The gunmen were constantly checking their watches, he said.

75.   UTV executives kept checking their watches, but those from IBC stayed calm, familiar with the superstitious belief of their counterparts.

76.   Watches are checked surreptitiously as the clock nears midnight.