Example sentences of "as [subord] [pron] be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two girls looked at each other , as if they were searching for the similarities . |
| 2 | It was n't as if they were heading for the hills . |
| 3 | It looked as if they were waiting for somebody , could it be me ? |
| 4 | Squeezed like despondent sardines , they looked as if they were huddling for warmth . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's as if everyone is waiting for something , is n't it ? ’ |
| 6 | She twisted in the seat to peer at every building , her eyes seeking the upper windows above shops rather than the goods on display , as if she were looking for someone . |
| 7 | But at the sight of Bob 's expression she got up , blushing again , and walked about the room as if she were looking for something . |
| 8 | But there was more than that — it was almost as if she were looking for something . |
| 9 | He handed her the file , watching her flick through it quickly , again as if she were looking for something specific . |
| 10 | Lilac gloves , half-boots made of kid — she looked , as she sat rather apprehensively in the country inn parlour , as if she were waiting for Mr Gainsborough . |
| 11 | Lee felt as if she were fighting for her life . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It sounded as if she was looking for something . |
| 14 | Faint appeal touched her expression as if she was asking for help . |
| 15 | She looked as if she was waiting for me so before she could say anything I spoke . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ He stood watching them , ’ said Raynor , ‘ and it was as if he was searching for something . |
| 18 | He assessed her as if he was looking for flaws in a jewel . |
| 19 | It was as if he was looking for something so ill-defined , so vaguely comprehended that even he could not say what it was . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Once he even made me hand over all the money beforehand , so that it would look as if he was paying for everyone himself . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Manciple sounded as if he were apologizing for the other man 's rudeness . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | She kept waiting for him to do something , but he hesitated , as if he were waiting for her . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | He said that it was like taking dictation , ‘ as if I was ghosting for another man ’ . |
| 29 | When I returned to Moose Jaw about mid-August I had a long talk with Fred Workman , who told me he had noticed a certain restlessness in me as if I were hoping for a change of scene . |
| 30 | His voice sounded odd to him , as if someone were speaking for him . |