Example sentences of "as if [pers pn] were [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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But there was more than that — it was almost as if she were looking for something . |
| 8 | He handed her the file , watching her flick through it quickly , again as if she were looking for something specific . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Lee felt as if she were fighting for her life . |
| 11 | Manciple sounded as if he were apologizing for the other man 's rudeness . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She kept waiting for him to do something , but he hesitated , as if he were waiting for her . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I watched you make off along the cliff path , as if you were making for Otters ' Bay . |