Example sentences of "were [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] 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| 5 | Well have they withdrawn one of their submissions to South Oxfordshire that they 've tried to claim that they were using it over the last twelve years and it has now been withdrawn because they know very well that their claim to South Oxfordshire can not be justified about the use . |
| 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 | When you 're seeking a grant for your pet project , you have to sell it to the sponsoring body as if you were touting it on the open market , because there are so many pet projects and only so many grants . |
| 8 | She made it sound as if she were saying it for the first time . |
| 9 | Now , after a month of nervously transferring it from place to place as the situation worsened , the French government were giving it to the British . |
| 10 | The expletive sounded strange to the sergeant on Blanche 's lips , as if she were hearing it for the first time . |
| 11 | She was unshackled and they were dragging her from the only remaining hut . |
| 12 | " You will read this book just as though you had bought it at a bookstall and you were reading it in the ordinary way as a whole . " |
| 13 | She stood up and looked round the room as though she were leaving it for the last time . |
| 14 | And so you were telling me about the twenty six strike . |
| 15 | You were telling me about the common lodging houses . |