Example sentences of "if he be [v-ing] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He do n't put any of his clothes away and if he 's looking for anything it 's all fling out of drawers and on the floor , he do n't care . |
| 2 | ‘ He stood watching them , ’ said Raynor , ‘ and it was as if he was searching for something . |
| 3 | It was as if he was looking for something so ill-defined , so vaguely comprehended that even he could not say what it was . |
| 4 | Once he even made me hand over all the money beforehand , so that it would look as if he was paying for everyone himself . |
| 5 | And that was true , for her — she 'd never been out of love with him and if he was falling for her he could n't have loved her before . |
| 6 | She kept waiting for him to do something , but he hesitated , as if he were waiting for her . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |