Farmers whose fledgling crops were damaged by winds in mid-April said they were "keeping a watching brief".

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Heidfeld held a watching brief in the early laps and stayed out of trouble to benefit from Kovalainen's late problem.

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It was a watching brief for us pretty much throughout.

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In the beginning of the trial, lead defense counsel Raja Aziz applied for a watching brief that would allow international observers to sit with the lawyers and monitor the trial.

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"Millions of Americans are watching right now, " the president told reporters in a brief news conference in the White House Rose Garden.

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