Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pers pn] for the [adj] " 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 | That being so , it is also likely that they were building it for the same military purpose . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She made it sound as if she were saying it for the first time . |
| 7 | The expletive sounded strange to the sergeant on Blanche 's lips , as if she were hearing it for the first time . |
| 8 | She stood up and looked round the room as though she were leaving it for the last time . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He gave her a long , slow look as if he was seeing her for the first time . |
| 12 | She was to keep it for the next three and a half years . |
| 13 | I was doing them for the wrong reasons — out of curiosity or for the money , rather than because I had a passion for doing them . |
| 14 | I did think I was doing it for the best . |
| 15 | Flavia Sherman had elected to spend the day shopping on the Rue Catinat and was to join them for the first hunt next morning . |