Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [verb] [pers pn] for the " in BNC.
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1 | She stood up and looked round the room as though she were leaving it for the last time . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | The expletive sounded strange to the sergeant on Blanche 's lips , as if she were hearing it for the first time . |
4 | She made it sound as if she were saying it for the first time . |
5 | If you were seeing it for the first time , what impressions would you receive ? |
6 | That being so , it is also likely that they were building it for the same military purpose . |
7 | Though he was more like his old self , many suspected they were seeing him for the last time . |
8 | 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 . |