Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] [pron] was [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She moved , as she often did , from pure , concentrated malice , to a vaguely girlish mode , as if she was looking for someone ( not Henry ) to put his arms round her and tell her everything was all right . |
| 2 | It sounded as if she was looking for something . |
| 3 | Faint appeal touched her expression as if she was asking for help . |
| 4 | She looked as if she was waiting for me so before she could say anything I spoke . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ He stood watching them , ’ said Raynor , ‘ and it was as if he was searching for something . |
| 7 | He assessed her as if he was looking for flaws in a jewel . |
| 8 | It was as if he was looking for something so ill-defined , so vaguely comprehended that even he could not say what it was . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Once he even made me hand over all the money beforehand , so that it would look as if he was paying for everyone himself . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He said that it was like taking dictation , ‘ as if I was ghosting for another man ’ . |