flick through the channels

I was flicking through the channels last night and came across this show.

She found the remote control and flicked through the channels.

After a moment she picked up the remote and began to flick through the channels.

With the television remote in her hand, she began flicking through the channels.

Flicking through the channels I see mindless, violent children's shows.

I took the remote control from his hand and I started flicking through the channels.

They sat, close but not touching, as Julie picked up the remote and started flicking through the channels.

I pressed the remote and flicked through the channels, hoping to find Nickelodeon.

It drives me mad when you flick through the channels without watching any programme for more than a few seconds.

I switched the TV on, muted it, and flicked through the channels, looking for local news.

I plugged in the telephone and recharger, then it was straight on with the television, flicking through the channels for a kids' program.

Granny Weatherwax had many times flicked through the channels of consciousness around her.

"Then I kept flicking through the channels.

As the shower started splashing I lay back against the headboard, flicking through the channels with the sound on mute.

Margiu flicked through the channels on her p-suit headset, and found the active one.

She flicked through the channels while nibbling on her pizza, eventually settling on an inane comedy.

I turned the TV on and flicked through the channels to see ifMcGear was news yet.

Then you transmit that to us. . . ." Chris ran outside, flicking through the channels on the radio as he went.

He is a tall, lanky man who likes to wear cowboy boots and western shirts, to sip slow on a cold beer and flick through the channels while scratching his dog's ears.

At six-thirty, still chatting, Anna casually picked up the TV remote, aimed it at the set in the corner, hit the power and mute buttons and flicked through the channels.

She poured herself a chilled mineral water from the bar, and switched the bulkhead flatsereen on, flicking through the channels until she came to the Northwest Europe Broadcast Company.

I picked up the remote from the bedside cabinet it was attached to a curly bit of wire so I couldn't nick it and started flicking through the channels trying to find some news.

The new consumerist ethos that has developed in the multichannel television era treats viewers as rational choosers, flicking through the channels to find what they want and needing to be instantly attracted to a programme.