Example sentences of "if he be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why all of them if he 's searching for one slave ? ’ |
| 2 | I do n't know if he 's looking for trouble and of course that er would undermine er what public er relations and everything and we do n't want that . |
| 3 | He do n't put any of his clothes away and if he 's looking for anything it 's all fling out of drawers and on the floor , he do n't care . |
| 4 | Erm for instance if he 's asking for the child to go to live with him and you oppose that then then court would make a decision as to where the child s should live . |
| 5 | Lenders to the bidder who require the target and its subsidiaries to provide authorised financial assistance under CA 1985 , s155 ( see para 22.1.7 below ) , without the prospect of minority opposition , may prefer a Court Scheme for this reason , as may the bidder if he is paying for costly bridging finance in the interim . |
| 6 | ‘ He stood watching them , ’ said Raynor , ‘ and it was as if he was searching for something . |
| 7 | Manipulating a lump of putty from finger to finger , hand to hand , he looked as if he was auditioning for the lead role in The Caine Mutiny . |
| 8 | He assessed her as if he was looking for flaws in a jewel . |
| 9 | It was as if he was looking for something so ill-defined , so vaguely comprehended that even he could not say what it was . |
| 10 | Yeah that he just , he asked Gary this morning if he was looking for a job |
| 11 | Dad looked as if he was dying for a cigarette : he gave up smoking two years ago when his secretary-before-last got lung cancer . |
| 12 | Once he even made me hand over all the money beforehand , so that it would look as if he was paying for everyone himself . |
| 13 | An uncomfortable pause while he sat forward on the sofa holding his coffee cup in both hands and gazing into it as if he was waiting for some kind of chemical reaction . |
| 14 | And that was true , for her — she 'd never been out of love with him and if he was falling for her he could n't have loved her before . |
| 15 | If he was suing for less than 20s in 1830 he left a deposit of 5s ; 7s 6d for one between 20s and 40s ; 10s between 40s and 60s , and 12s 6d for 60s . |
| 16 | The other view is that where the conduct of the plaintiff would have given rise to the defence at common law if he was suing for negligence , the defence is applicable . |
| 17 | ‘ If he was working for the Private Office in South London on the afternoon in question I should be very surprised indeed . ’ |
| 18 | If he was working for only two days every week it would be ten weeks before he began to make a profit . |
| 19 | Manciple sounded as if he were apologizing for the other man 's rudeness . |
| 20 | She kept waiting for him to do something , but he hesitated , as if he were waiting for her . |
| 21 | As she had come round the corner of the house from putting her bicycle in the old stable block , Inspector Blakelock had been standing at the front door almost as if he were waiting for her . |
| 22 | It was as if he were preparing for the day he would be a big man himself in this town and wanted everyone on his side , wanted them all to think of him as a customer . |
| 23 | His arm waggled , as if he were groping for something , and then his hand appeared as softly and suddenly as it had vanished : holding the fifth ball . |