Example sentences of "she [was/were] [v-ing] [pron] for [art] " 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 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | She had stayed there , always conscious that she was preparing herself for an existence of unutterable boredom , and was one of an enormous number of women who were training themselves for an ‘ if I do n't marry ’ life . |