Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [v-ing] for a " in BNC.
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1 | He looked at me and chewed his bottom lip as if searching for a remnant of breakfast . |
2 | Clive searched his pockets , as if looking for a train ticket . |
3 | Its engine is missing badly and it 's circling round as if looking for a landing-place . |
4 | as if looking for a quarrel he went on to exaggerate the uncompromising nature of his position . |
5 | Mounce held the note up to the light , as if looking for a watermark . |
6 | The blackjack tail as if looking for a target , |
7 | 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 . |
8 | Left leg straight , foot still braced against the ground , heel raised , toes gouged into the litter of leaves as if scrabbling for a hold . |
9 | ‘ Ach away , granda , ’ Ranald said , stretching his angular arms into the blue of the sky as if reaching for a star . |
10 | as if waiting for a command to bring them to life , Trent thought . |
11 | The horse stood as if posing for a Munning 's portrait ; black against red ; head arched . |
12 | Gerald Seymour-Strachey put himself in a self-conscious pose of memory , as if rehearsing for a television down-memory-lane programme . |
13 | What I look for when searching for a ‘ new ’ big bream water are the points I have mentioned : fifteen or more acres of water , and rich feed . |