Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] [pron] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the patina chemical is too strong , dilute with a little water and , if using it for the first time , do a test on a sample piece of copper . |
| 2 | He looked at her for a moment as if seeing her for the first time then paused , giving the question serious thought . |
| 3 | The man looked at the boys as if seeing them for the first time . |
| 4 | Julius looked at her jeans and T-shirt , as if seeing them for the first time . |
| 5 | Eddie 's gaze ran on round the room , taking in , as if seeing them for the first time , the stool and easel , the framed reproduction Leonardo drawings on the walls , the low divan bed . |
| 6 | Vincent looked at him , as if seeing him for the first time . |
| 7 | She looked up at Trent , as if seeing him for the first time : ‘ I 'd have drowned if you 'd left me on the Key . ’ |
| 8 | He moved round and joined them and stared intently at the portrait as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 9 | Sam looked at the revolver as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 10 | Charles found he was watching much of the play as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 11 | The eagles talked less now and fell into their own thoughts as if preparing themselves for the dark months ahead . |
| 12 | She moved past them , smiling at Axel , as if welcoming him for the first time . |
| 13 | A DOCTOR groped a woman patient 's breast while examining her for a stiff neck , a court heard yesterday . |
| 14 | I was once told that Philip Henry Thomas , while preparing himself for the Civil Service examination , had followed his period as a pupil-teacher with a post connected with the railways which were expanding rapidly in industrial South Wales in the 1860s and 1870s . |
| 15 | He glared up at me as though seeing me for the first time . |
| 16 | As in all societies , ritual is particularly important when meeting someone for the first time . |
| 17 | Patients will often be your greatest ally when testing yourself for the first time . |
| 18 | Faced with the demise of their traditional courses , and with a government anxious both to increase the skills of the new unemployed young , and to be seen as doing something for the unemployed , colleges responded by mounting a programme of full-time non-vocational , or pre-vocational , courses . |
| 19 | This necessity for innate leadership qualities may affect these managers judgement when choosing someone for a supervisory job . |
| 20 | At present , Akeakamai can understand sentences of up to five words , and can understand commands even when hearing them for the first time . |