Example sentences of "[prep] if [pers pn] [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't bring myself to say she does n't care about her father , but she does n't act as if she cared for him very much . " |
| 2 | The old woman stared at him and her eyes were bright and piercing and the silver thimble had fallen to the lap of her dress , and her fists were clenched now as if she searched for a memory , and her husband watched her anxiously as if he witnessed that she was at war within herself . |
| 3 | Mrs Stych pursed her heavily painted lips and looked at Mrs Frizzell as if she feared for Mrs Frizzell 's mental health . |
| 4 | Around her the crowd ebbed and flowed in a flurry of noise and colour , and Lucenzo 's arm curled around her body as if he cared for her safety . |
| 5 | It 's not as if I worked for a large network news show . |