Example sentences of "as [subord] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each phrase followed on from the next as if stored for an age and waiting to be spoken in just this way . |
| 2 | Perhaps it was the way his eyes flicked about as if hoping for an attacker to appear , or maybe it was the slight inclination of his head . |
| 3 | Changed , he returned into the lounge to find her standing at the window again , as if watching for the assassin 's return . |
| 4 | He looked at me and chewed his bottom lip as if searching for a remnant of breakfast . |
| 5 | He tilts his head and gazes into my face as if searching for the answer . |
| 6 | He paused , as if searching for the right words . |
| 7 | ‘ Guy is not a yuppie , ’ Charles remonstrated , in the voice he reserved for humouring his little sister when she was being most irritating , ‘ He just happens to be a very successful … ’ her brother hesitated a fraction as if searching for the most appropriate description ‘ … entrepreneur . ’ |
| 8 | He started to pat his pockets , as if searching for an ID . |
| 9 | When , in the last play of the Henry VI trilogy , the future Richard III is presenting to the audience his capabilities — as if auditioning for the role of hypocrite — he exults at being able to By grouping all those exempla of deceit Shakespeare makes us unconscious of the initial role-playing of the actor involved , alerting us to the deceptions he is about to foist on others . |
| 10 | Clive searched his pockets , as if looking for a train ticket . |
| 11 | Its engine is missing badly and it 's circling round as if looking for a landing-place . |
| 12 | as if looking for a quarrel he went on to exaggerate the uncompromising nature of his position . |
| 13 | Mounce held the note up to the light , as if looking for a watermark . |
| 14 | The blackjack tail as if looking for a target , |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She examined her hands , white with chalk , as if looking for the source of some small pain , then gave up on that and began to dust herself down . |
| 17 | Left leg straight , foot still braced against the ground , heel raised , toes gouged into the litter of leaves as if scrabbling for a hold . |
| 18 | ‘ Ach away , granda , ’ Ranald said , stretching his angular arms into the blue of the sky as if reaching for a star . |
| 19 | She took my arm , fingers digging through several layers of clothing , as if reaching for the bone . |
| 20 | ‘ Stella , ’ he called again , as if asking for the only person he needed . |
| 21 | as if waiting for a command to bring them to life , Trent thought . |
| 22 | You do not warm to this lady , who delivers her lines to camera as if waiting for the canned laughter . |
| 23 | The four surviving landscapes Modigliani painted are dry , limpid scenes with an air of desolation ; trees dominate , cypress trees or leafless trees , standing like sentinels in front of the houses and buildings , as if waiting for the people to emerge . |
| 24 | A tall , thin man stood staring at a stone wall , as if waiting for an answer to a question he had put to it . |
| 25 | The horse stood as if posing for a Munning 's portrait ; black against red ; head arched . |
| 26 | She flushed and hesitated , as if realizing for the first time where all this was leading . |
| 27 | Gerald Seymour-Strachey put himself in a self-conscious pose of memory , as if rehearsing for a television down-memory-lane programme . |