Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] if [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joanna looked at Isabel as if hoping for enlightenment . |
| 2 | Kandinskaya licked her lips as if stalling for time ; Jezrael could see her imminence paling as she strove for greater calm . |
| 3 | Fortunately , Nevil was n't looking in his mirror , he had his head out of the driver 's window as if looking for a street name . |
| 4 | Nicholson dismissed the warders , returning to the window for a moment as if searching for something out in the windswept yard . |
| 5 | For a moment he paused at the threshold , but then turned back inside , taking in the sight of an ivory chess set , a small telescope , a number of small fluted carvings , and the fine hangings adorning the wall , observing everything with a cocked head as if listening for something . |
| 6 | Without moving he watched McQuaid struggle from the car and then stand leaning on the open door as if waiting for someone to appear . |
| 7 | Rainbow , looking towards my mirror as if hoping for some kind of guidance , is pulled backwards through the kitchen door . |
| 8 | Creed was looking into the sky as if scanning for omens . |
| 9 | ‘ Ach away , granda , ’ Ranald said , stretching his angular arms into the blue of the sky as if reaching for a star . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 11 | The blackjack tail as if looking for a target , |
| 12 | You do not warm to this lady , who delivers her lines to camera as if waiting for the canned laughter . |
| 13 | The referee glared at the crowd as if to ask for silence : how is a wrestler supposed to concentrate ? |
| 14 | Left leg straight , foot still braced against the ground , heel raised , toes gouged into the litter of leaves as if scrabbling for a hold . |
| 15 | He looked at me and chewed his bottom lip as if searching for a remnant of breakfast . |
| 16 | She paused for a moment , biting her lip as if fighting for her composure . |
| 17 | Refrigerators could hardly grow tail fins but they acquired streamlining , a sort of bulbous teardrop shape as if poised for take-off from the kitchen floor . |
| 18 | The trainer sat up in his chair and looked about the table as if searching for something to throw at her . |
| 19 | The mystery deepened when , instead of going seaward at the foot of the hill , they turned up the right bank of the Touques as if making for Deauville . |
| 20 | He tilts his head and gazes into my face as if searching for the answer . |