Example sentences of "as if [verb] for [noun] " 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 | Refrigerators could hardly grow tail fins but they acquired streamlining , a sort of bulbous teardrop shape as if poised for take-off from the kitchen floor . |
| 5 | He glanced back as if looking for signs of pursuit . |
| 6 | They each , the loos , as if built for giants ; like small rooms , that you might walk inside , and gigantic pans . |
| 7 | Zeno 's head was lifted as if to search for scents on the air . |
| 8 | Kandinskaya licked her lips as if stalling for time ; Jezrael could see her imminence paling as she strove for greater calm . |
| 9 | Creed was looking into the sky as if scanning for omens . |
| 10 | All the clothes were unused looking and old , as if kept for years in jars of formaldehyde . |
| 11 | The referee glared at the crowd as if to ask for silence : how is a wrestler supposed to concentrate ? |
| 12 | The President made as if to reach for Trent 's hand but the effort was too great , or perhaps the shame . |
| 13 | But she put an involuntary hand to her belly , as if checking for signs of life . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The mystery deepened when , instead of going seaward at the foot of the hill , they turned up the right bank of the Touques as if making for Deauville . |
| 16 | Ace had stopped running , and now walked towards the hoverspeeder very slowly , as if waiting for Defries to catch her up before she reached it . |
| 17 | There was an uneasy pause , as if waiting for Mona , at the beginning of the Third Mystery . |
| 18 | ‘ Good lord , I 'm a genius , ’ the impresario wailed , as if crying for help . |