Example sentences of "if [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Law Society 's rules of professional conduct do provide exemptions for this , but even so , a conveyancer should not be too quick to use those exemptions if acting for both sides might conceivably lead to a compromise or a difficult situation . |
| 32 | The spider-web lightning twitched and surged at the windows , as if hunting for some small crack in the glass through which it could get to them . |
| 33 | Please enclose large sae if writing for information . |
| 34 | Power the lower leg into the target , aiming for a light smack if attacking the head , or a more solid thump if going for the ribs . |
| 35 | I know if going for at least |
| 36 | They will only get help if they can not easily realise savings of the person who died to pay for the bill , or if paying for the bill brought their own family savings below £500 . |
| 37 | Gerald Seymour-Strachey put himself in a self-conscious pose of memory , as if rehearsing for a television down-memory-lane programme . |
| 38 | Without moving he watched McQuaid struggle from the car and then stand leaning on the open door as if waiting for someone to appear . |
| 39 | There was an uneasy pause , as if waiting for Mona , at the beginning of the Third Mystery . |
| 40 | You do not warm to this lady , who delivers her lines to camera as if waiting for the canned laughter . |
| 41 | as if waiting for a command to bring them to life , Trent thought . |
| 42 | The four surviving landscapes Modigliani painted are dry , limpid scenes with an air of desolation ; trees dominate , cypress trees or leafless trees , standing like sentinels in front of the houses and buildings , as if waiting for the people to emerge . |
| 43 | A tall , thin man stood staring at a stone wall , as if waiting for an answer to a question he had put to it . |
| 44 | Anton though , as if waiting for this opening , Parker 's panic , caught him for his best bite yet , a chunk : with all of his teeth , his werewolf mouth , from high inside of a beefy thigh . |
| 45 | Ace had stopped running , and now walked towards the hoverspeeder very slowly , as if waiting for Defries to catch her up before she reached it . |
| 46 | Uncle Albert just looked at her , as if waiting for her to go on . |
| 47 | It was when the pale flood of light returned that Stephen saw the man — He was quite a long way off , not far in from the road , and he was standing quite still as if waiting for someone or watching . |
| 48 | As soon as Felicity had left , she let go of him and they stood side by side , as if waiting for someone to photograph and frame them , listening to the slow ascent of Felicity up the stairs . |
| 49 | For long moments she simply sat , as if waiting for someone to tell her what to do , her own power of reasoning immobilised . |
| 50 | Mother and daughter were glad of each other 's company then , while the electric storm boomed and crashed around them in the black night , as if aiming for this one exposed place . |
| 51 | Creed was looking into the sky as if scanning for omens . |
| 52 | Herr Nordern gave her a ghastly , feeble grin , as if asking for remission , but Frau Nordern turned a cold face away , showing only an upright back and stiff neck which in their rigidity seemed to symbolise the rectitude of all the generations of the Houses of von Bromberg and von Ritter . |
| 53 | ‘ Stella , ’ he called again , as if asking for the only person he needed . |
| 54 | ‘ Good lord , I 'm a genius , ’ the impresario wailed , as if crying for help . |
| 55 | Paul Hillyer the Club solicitor pointed out , and confirmed an earlier concern , that the Wine Sub-Committee ( established in 1962 to comply with the Licensing Act 1961 ) might be unconstitutional if voting for its members was not open to all membership categories . |
| 56 | ‘ Ach away , granda , ’ Ranald said , stretching his angular arms into the blue of the sky as if reaching for a star . |
| 57 | He began walking towards it and she saw that he had one hand inside his jacket , as if reaching for something . |
| 58 | She took my arm , fingers digging through several layers of clothing , as if reaching for the bone . |
| 59 | Adam slowed to a crawl , as if stopping for him . |
| 60 | She paused for a moment , biting her lip as if fighting for her composure . |