Example sentences of "[prep] if he be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manipulating a lump of putty from finger to finger , hand to hand , he looked as if he was auditioning for the lead role in The Caine Mutiny . |
| 2 | ‘ He stood watching them , ’ said Raynor , ‘ and it was as if he was searching for something . |
| 3 | He assessed her as if he was looking for flaws in a jewel . |
| 4 | It was as if he was looking for something so ill-defined , so vaguely comprehended that even he could not say what it was . |
| 5 | An uncomfortable pause while he sat forward on the sofa holding his coffee cup in both hands and gazing into it as if he was waiting for some kind of chemical reaction . |
| 6 | Once he even made me hand over all the money beforehand , so that it would look as if he was paying for everyone himself . |
| 7 | Dad looked as if he was dying for a cigarette : he gave up smoking two years ago when his secretary-before-last got lung cancer . |
| 8 | Manciple sounded as if he were apologizing for the other man 's rudeness . |
| 9 | It was as if he were preparing for the day he would be a big man himself in this town and wanted everyone on his side , wanted them all to think of him as a customer . |
| 10 | His arm waggled , as if he were groping for something , and then his hand appeared as softly and suddenly as it had vanished : holding the fifth ball . |
| 11 | She kept waiting for him to do something , but he hesitated , as if he were waiting for her . |
| 12 | As she had come round the corner of the house from putting her bicycle in the old stable block , Inspector Blakelock had been standing at the front door almost as if he were waiting for her . |