Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [v-ing] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once it has occurred , the analyst connects the feature in question with his impression of or feeling for the whole work , and may be led to modify this as a result . |
| 2 | On his ‘ Big Red Train Ride ’ in 1977 , Eric Newby found these class approaches to the catching of and waiting for the trains , which have been such a characteristic of colonial societies in India and Africa , still very much the norm in the communist countries . |
| 3 | Changed , he returned into the lounge to find her standing at the window again , as if watching for the assassin 's return . |
| 4 | He tilts his head and gazes into my face as if searching for the answer . |
| 5 | He paused , as if searching for the right words . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She took my arm , fingers digging through several layers of clothing , as if reaching for the bone . |
| 10 | ‘ Stella , ’ he called again , as if asking for the only person he needed . |
| 11 | You do not warm to this lady , who delivers her lines to camera as if waiting for the canned laughter . |
| 12 | The four surviving landscapes Modigliani painted are dry , limpid scenes with an air of desolation ; trees dominate , cypress trees or leafless trees , standing like sentinels in front of the houses and buildings , as if waiting for the people to emerge . |
| 13 | She flushed and hesitated , as if realizing for the first time where all this was leading . |
| 14 | He further asserts that during the nineteenth century litigants did not understand the way courts worked and were in awe of their proceedings , and that the intermediaries between litigants and justice , lawyers , court officials and petition-drawers , had little sympathy with or understanding for the average Sri Lankan . |
| 15 | Yesterday Mrs McIntyre said she had received a letter saying the matter was being looked into and apologising for the distress caused to Mrs Morrison . |
| 16 | 2.17 " surveyor " means any person or firm appointed by or acting for the Landlord ( including an employee of the Landlord or a Group Company and including also the person or firm appointed by the Landlord to collect the rents ) to perform any of the functions of the Surveyor under this Lease |