Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as the working classes were concerned all that was needed was managers who could determine the right mix of films and the right range of prices to suit the specific down-town drop-in cinemas and even more the neighbourhood and small-town cinemas that were now increasingly thought of as catering for ‘ industrial ’ or working-men audiences . |
| 2 | For example , a social welfare budget might be created in that the taxes conceived of as paying for programmes could be allocated in line with the volume of social welfare benefits provided . |
| 3 | His mouth opened and closed , as if gasping for breath , the dying struggle of an animal bleeding out its life through the sacrificial cut . |
| 4 | Believers then follow the practice of the person who stubs his foot on a stone and looks upwards with the cry , ‘ Oh God ! ’ as if hoping for some sympathetic supernatural spectator to be looking down on what is happening . |
| 5 | Perhaps it was the way his eyes flicked about as if hoping for an attacker to appear , or maybe it was the slight inclination of his head . |
| 6 | Rainbow , looking towards my mirror as if hoping for some kind of guidance , is pulled backwards through the kitchen door . |
| 7 | Joanna looked at Isabel as if hoping for enlightenment . |
| 8 | Changed , he returned into the lounge to find her standing at the window again , as if watching for the assassin 's return . |
| 9 | The trainer sat up in his chair and looked about the table as if searching for something to throw at her . |
| 10 | He started to pat his pockets , as if searching for an ID . |
| 11 | Nicholson dismissed the warders , returning to the window for a moment as if searching for something out in the windswept yard . |
| 12 | He tilts his head and gazes into my face as if searching for the answer . |
| 13 | The man was alone ; he looked alternately towards the house and then down , as if searching for something on the dashboard . |
| 14 | She looked into his eyes , as if searching for something in them ; her white face made the dark , heavy-browed eyes look lost and empty , and after a while he could not look into them anymore , and had to smile and look away . |
| 15 | He paused , as if searching for the right words . |
| 16 | When she looked up the mountainside , as if searching for help there , I realized that she still had fear of me , little knowing the true state of affairs , and felt herself like an animal in a trap . |
| 17 | He stared down at her for a few seconds , almost as if searching for some clue hidden in her expression . |
| 18 | He looked at me and chewed his bottom lip as if searching for a remnant of breakfast . |
| 19 | ‘ Guy is not a yuppie , ’ Charles remonstrated , in the voice he reserved for humouring his little sister when she was being most irritating , ‘ He just happens to be a very successful … ’ her brother hesitated a fraction as if searching for the most appropriate description ‘ … entrepreneur . ’ |
| 20 | Adam slowed to a crawl , as if stopping for him . |
| 21 | Mother and daughter were glad of each other 's company then , while the electric storm boomed and crashed around them in the black night , as if aiming for this one exposed place . |
| 22 | When , in the last play of the Henry VI trilogy , the future Richard III is presenting to the audience his capabilities — as if auditioning for the role of hypocrite — he exults at being able to By grouping all those exempla of deceit Shakespeare makes us unconscious of the initial role-playing of the actor involved , alerting us to the deceptions he is about to foist on others . |
| 23 | Clive searched his pockets , as if looking for a train ticket . |
| 24 | Its engine is missing badly and it 's circling round as if looking for a landing-place . |
| 25 | as if looking for a quarrel he went on to exaggerate the uncompromising nature of his position . |
| 26 | She examined her hands , white with chalk , as if looking for the source of some small pain , then gave up on that and began to dust herself down . |
| 27 | Mounce held the note up to the light , as if looking for a watermark . |
| 28 | He glanced back as if looking for signs of pursuit . |
| 29 | The blackjack tail as if looking for a target , |
| 30 | They had waterskied , swooping round the northern end of Inch Island , making great arcs along the shore , as if looking for something . |