Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | Though he was more like his old self , many suspected they were seeing him for the last time . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | If you were seeing it for the first time , what impressions would you receive ? |
4 | She glanced up at him , feeling oddly shy , almost as though she were meeting him for the first time with no doubts , no mistrust , between them . |
5 | She made it sound as if she were saying it for the first time . |
6 | The expletive sounded strange to the sergeant on Blanche 's lips , as if she were hearing it for the first time . |
7 | She stood up and looked round the room as though she were leaving it for the last time . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | He gave her a long , slow look as if he was seeing her for the first time . |
11 | In April 1989 a " law on individual rights " was approved which for the first time explicitly recognized the 1948 UN Declaration of Human Rights . |
12 | She was to keep it for the next three and a half years . |
13 | Flavia Sherman had elected to spend the day shopping on the Rue Catinat and was to join them for the first hunt next morning . |