Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I did think I was doing it for the best . |
| 4 | I was doing it for the drive anyway . |
| 5 | She stood up and looked round the room as though she were leaving it for the last time . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The expletive sounded strange to the sergeant on Blanche 's lips , as if she were hearing it for the first time . |
| 8 | She made it sound as if she were saying it for the first time . |
| 9 | If you were seeing it for the first time , what impressions would you receive ? |
| 10 | I had no idea she was using me for a purpose of her own : I was too naive to realise until it dawned on me what it was , a few weeks later . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She was to keep it for the next three and a half years . |
| 13 | That being so , it is also likely that they were building it for the same military purpose . |
| 14 | Though he was more like his old self , many suspected they were seeing him for the last time . |
| 15 | And the fact that they were doing it for a great deal more money , like Havvie Blaine , rather than for supper and a few pence , did n't make it any better . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Owen knew from the title that this was a member of the Egyptian Royal Family but which of the Khedive 's numerous progeny it was escaped him for the moment . |
| 18 | He gave her a long , slow look as if he was seeing her for the first time . |
| 19 | He said that he believed he had lawful authority to ride the bike because he was repairing it for a friend . |
| 20 | Meanwhile Dave had gone to pick up the boss from Stuttgart Airport as he was joining us for the weekend . |
| 21 | He was raising it for a second hit when Nancy rushed forward and , seizing the piece of wood , threw it into the fire . |