Example sentences of "as [subord] [verb] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Marine paused , as if to allow time for any of the three to speak out of turn . |
| 2 | He smiled thinly , as if expecting praise for his gesture of concern . |
| 3 | He paused , as if gathering breath for an ascent up a steep mountainside . |
| 4 | Sam looked out over the flooding river and breathed in the damp smell of the morning as if testing wine for bouquet , and I thought that he lived through his senses to a much greater degree than I did and was intensely alive in his direct approach to sex and his disregard of danger . |
| 5 | Director Chris Pond said : ‘ People will be faced with difficult choices , such as whether to use water for baths , or save it for cooking or to water the flower pots . ’ |