Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] it for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | If you were seeing it for the first time , what impressions would you receive ? |
| 3 | That being so , it is also likely that they were building it for the same military purpose . |
| 4 | She made it sound as if she were saying it for the first time . |
| 5 | The expletive sounded strange to the sergeant on Blanche 's lips , as if she were hearing it for the first time . |
| 6 | She stood up and looked round the room as though she were leaving it for the last time . |
| 7 | Because i in , in theory presumably they s they should n't have been abusing their position , they should n't be gaining more because the whole point was to do it for the masses particularly , I mean if you were a Party cadre erm you should n't be getting more out of it than anybody else . |
| 8 | She was to keep it for the next three and a half years . |
| 9 | I mean you could say in this situation the stag was doing it for the benefit of the species but er you do n't need to er you do n't need to take that point of view . |
| 10 | I did think I was doing it for the best . |
| 11 | I was doing it for the drive anyway . |