Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was originally posed by David Singer in 1961 as the problem of whether to account for the behaviour of the international system in terms of the behaviour of the nation states comprising it or vice versa . |
| 2 | Albert writes : ‘ The inescapable conclusion is that the two models of capitalism diverge on the fundamental question of whether to live for the present moment — and to hell with the consequences for future generations — or to plan for a better tomorrow , though it may require sacrifices today . |
| 3 | Each phrase followed on from the next as if stored for an age and waiting to be spoken in just this way . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Changed , he returned into the lounge to find her standing at the window again , as if watching for the assassin 's return . |
| 6 | He looked at me and chewed his bottom lip as if searching for a remnant of breakfast . |
| 7 | He tilts his head and gazes into my face as if searching for the answer . |
| 8 | He paused , as if searching for the right words . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | He started to pat his pockets , as if searching for an ID . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Clive searched his pockets , as if looking for a train ticket . |
| 13 | Its engine is missing badly and it 's circling round as if looking for a landing-place . |
| 14 | as if looking for a quarrel he went on to exaggerate the uncompromising nature of his position . |
| 15 | Mounce held the note up to the light , as if looking for a watermark . |
| 16 | The blackjack tail as if looking for a target , |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Left leg straight , foot still braced against the ground , heel raised , toes gouged into the litter of leaves as if scrabbling for a hold . |
| 20 | ‘ Ach away , granda , ’ Ranald said , stretching his angular arms into the blue of the sky as if reaching for a star . |
| 21 | She took my arm , fingers digging through several layers of clothing , as if reaching for the bone . |
| 22 | ‘ Stella , ’ he called again , as if asking for the only person he needed . |
| 23 | as if waiting for a command to bring them to life , Trent thought . |
| 24 | You do not warm to this lady , who delivers her lines to camera as if waiting for the canned laughter . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | A tall , thin man stood staring at a stone wall , as if waiting for an answer to a question he had put to it . |
| 27 | The horse stood as if posing for a Munning 's portrait ; black against red ; head arched . |
| 28 | She flushed and hesitated , as if realizing for the first time where all this was leading . |
| 29 | Gerald Seymour-Strachey put himself in a self-conscious pose of memory , as if rehearsing for a television down-memory-lane programme . |
| 30 | Miss Stephanie Farrimond , prosecuting , said the Crown needed time to consider its position over whether to ask for a re-trial . |