Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] him for the " 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 | 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 repeated attacks of this last disease were to trouble him for the rest of his life . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Owen knew from the title that this was a member of the Egyptian Royal Family but which of the Khedive 's numerous progeny it was escaped him for the moment . |