Example sentences of "[was/were] seeing [pron] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 And Fleischmann received a fax from Harwell and learned that they were seeing nothing at all .
2 Though he was more like his old self , many suspected they were seeing him for the last time .
3 He went in acting very worried , looking at people as though ashamed that they were seeing him in a cinema .
4 He probably just assumed that you were seeing me in connection with my work . ’
5 Before leaving he stood for a moment at the door and let his eyes range round the room as if he were seeing it for the first time .
6 If you were seeing it for the first time , what impressions would you receive ?
7 The boyish expression transformed the hard planes of his face and she stared at him as if she was seeing him for the first time .
8 Since then , I had managed to film them on their wintering grounds in India , but now I was seeing them for the first time at the other end of the journey .
9 She felt as though she was seeing them from under a great weight .
10 He gave her a long , slow look as if he was seeing her for the first time .
11 I suppose it was seeing me in ‘ his ’ shirt .
12 I asked the doctor who was seeing me in the hospital antenatal clinic whether or not I should stop taking the drug and he said it was OK and that I should just carry on .
13 I asked the doctor who was seeing me in the hospital antenatal clinic whether or not I should stop taking the drug and he said it was OK and that I should just carry on .
14 Although he was no stranger to the town , now that he was on a case he was seeing it with new eyes .
15 She was seeing it from Sabine Jourdain 's point of view : a young foreigner pursuing her and intending to latch on to her .
16 He was seeing it all so differently from Gabriel ; he was seeing it from the other side of the mirror .
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