Example sentences of "if trying [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought you should be busy , ’ she muttered as if trying to justify herself . |
| 2 | The cabby made a squealing noise and clutched at the ragged edges of the wound as if trying to hold it together , to prevent the blood pouring through his hands . |
| 3 | His remedy for uncertainty was to stroke his moustache , with hard , strong fingers , as if trying to push it back into his upper lip . |
| 4 | She kept squarely in front of him , as if trying to block his view of what might be happening behind her . |
| 5 | But her imagination continued to torment her , replaying this last scene over and over again , as if trying to force her into admitting that the only person in her life who really cared about her might be dead . |
| 6 | He shook his head as if trying to deny what he had heard . |
| 7 | Raise the eyebrows , forcing them up as far as you can as if trying to make them meet your hair line . |
| 8 | He looked out into the night at the rain-soaked pavement and the ravaged brickwork of empty and derelict factories , as if trying to recognise something . |
| 9 | The merchant rubbed his hands together as if trying to wash them . |
| 10 | ‘ My darling ! ’ he whispered hoarsely , and , as if trying to believe what her eyes were telling him , his arm tightened about her and , ‘ Are those tears , the ones you 're only just managing to hold back , tears of joy ? ’ he asked tensely . |
| 11 | Mounce swilled his whisky round moodily for some time , as if trying to think what to do next . |
| 12 | Andrew had been annoyed by his fall and on the court he went at it as if trying to prove something , beating Peter easily . |
| 13 | He paused and looked at me , as if trying to gauge what kind of impression this hokum was making . |
| 14 | He looked at her quizzically , as if trying to gauge her scepticism . |
| 15 | Sometimes he grunted at me as if trying to get me to say something , but always I had to give him the same classroom answer : ‘ Ich verstehe nicht . ’ |
| 16 | Lou withdrew her hand , leaned her head against the wall and stared out of the window as if trying to pull her thoughts together . |
| 17 | ‘ I wo n't agree to a divorce , ’ he warned , and moved closer , as if trying to intimidate her physically with the powerful bulk of his body . |
| 18 | As they walked , Blake heard the Doctor talking to himself , counting numbers quickly as if trying to catch himself out . |
| 19 | The wealthy , as if trying to secure their dead not only against body-snatchers , but against decay itself , encased them in immense coffins , lined with lead , which six men could scarcely carry , leading Dickens to write of ‘ a blind monster with twelve human legs , shuffling and blundering along . ’ |
| 20 | When she had finished she shook her arms , as if trying to dry her hands . |
| 21 | He gazed down at her for a long moment , studying her features as if trying to re-gather his thoughts . |
| 22 | The coat had huddled its contents together , as if trying to keep them warm against all odds . |
| 23 | Mandeville was staring at me as if trying to read my thoughts . |
| 24 | Blanche squinted at her sergeant , as if trying to read his mind . |
| 25 | Simone looked curiously at Alyssia , then back to Piers , as if trying to work something out . |
| 26 | He looked long and hard at the younger executive as if trying to sum him up . |
| 27 | She shook her head , as if trying to clear it . |