Example sentences of "as [subord] [v-ing] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mouth opened and closed , as if gasping for breath , the dying struggle of an animal bleeding out its life through the sacrificial cut . |
| 2 | Joanna looked at Isabel as if hoping for enlightenment . |
| 3 | When she looked up the mountainside , as if searching for help there , I realized that she still had fear of me , little knowing the true state of affairs , and felt herself like an animal in a trap . |
| 4 | Kandinskaya licked her lips as if stalling for time ; Jezrael could see her imminence paling as she strove for greater calm . |
| 5 | Herr Nordern gave her a ghastly , feeble grin , as if asking for remission , but Frau Nordern turned a cold face away , showing only an upright back and stiff neck which in their rigidity seemed to symbolise the rectitude of all the generations of the Houses of von Bromberg and von Ritter . |
| 6 | ‘ Good lord , I 'm a genius , ’ the impresario wailed , as if crying for help . |