Example sentences of "were [verb] [pron] 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 | At the Taj , Indian families were grouping themselves for the professional photographers who swarmed over the central platform . |
| 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 | She made it sound as if she were saying it for the first time . |
| 8 | At the start of the year , several firms were steeling themselves for the tough , face-losing decision to pull out of some markets — or out of the securities business altogether . |
| 9 | The expletive sounded strange to the sergeant on Blanche 's lips , as if she were hearing it for the first time . |
| 10 | At the top of the stairs , somewhere beyond a short , misty journey , Jeopardy led Lucien into a room where a handful of musicians were preparing themselves for the coming performance . |
| 11 | She stood up and looked round the room as though she were leaving it for the last time . |