Example sentences of "if [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | An anorexic may tell her friends or parents , ‘ I 'd like to be slim ’ , and , if pressed for a reason , may reply along the lines of , ‘ So that I can wear nice clothes , date good-looking boys , and generally have a good time . ’ |
| 2 | Clive searched his pockets , as if looking for a train ticket . |
| 3 | Its engine is missing badly and it 's circling round as if looking for a landing-place . |
| 4 | as if looking for a quarrel he went on to exaggerate the uncompromising nature of his position . |
| 5 | Mounce held the note up to the light , as if looking for a watermark . |
| 6 | The blackjack tail as if looking for a target , |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Are all operators reversible ? if searching for a goal : no if searching for a path : yes |
| 9 | Are all operators reversible ? if searching for a goal : no if searching for a path : yes |
| 10 | He looked at me and chewed his bottom lip as if searching for a remnant of breakfast . |
| 11 | If approved for a baby , go on to waiting list to be ‘ matched ’ — may wait up to 3 years or more for placement |
| 12 | Corticosteroids , if used for a prolonged period , can cause a type of dependency . |
| 13 | Gerald Seymour-Strachey put himself in a self-conscious pose of memory , as if rehearsing for a television down-memory-lane programme . |
| 14 | as if waiting for a command to bring them to life , Trent thought . |
| 15 | There are some natural phenomena which we generally explain in terms of the workings of their parts , and if asked for a more detailed account , we discuss the relations between smaller and smaller parts . |
| 16 | Two or more colours can be ordered if wanted for a specific scheme . |
| 17 | ‘ Ach away , granda , ’ Ranald said , stretching his angular arms into the blue of the sky as if reaching for a star . |
| 18 | If taken for a hybrid , could she really fool a Stealer brood , or their Patriarch , over a period of time ? |
| 19 | Lastly , we may notice that even a wrongful possession , if continued for a certain length of time , matures into what may be , for practical purposes , indistinguishable from ownership . |
| 20 | The horse stood as if posing for a Munning 's portrait ; black against red ; head arched . |
| 21 | In 1908 these fees were First Class Caddies 1s. 0d. ( 18 holes ) , 8d. ( nine holes ) ; Second Class Caddies 8d. and 5d. , plus lunch money of 4d. if engaged for a morning round . |
| 22 | Left leg straight , foot still braced against the ground , heel raised , toes gouged into the litter of leaves as if scrabbling for a hold . |
| 23 | In 1155 , the customs confirmed by Louis VII for Lorris on the royal demesne established that no parishioner should have to pay taxes on food intended for his own consumption or on grain grown by his own labour ; he should be exempt from tolls when he took his produce to the neighbouring towns of Etampes , Orléans , Milly , or Melun ; if required for a chevauchée , he must be allowed to return home at the end of the day ; the only labour service he owed his lord was in carrying seigneurial wine to Orléans twice a year ; and the burgesses of Lorris as a whole were exempted from seigneurial tailles . |