Example sentences of "if trying " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erika frowned and tilted her head as if trying to remember and then , cruelly , said , ‘ Oh yes , where I danced with that interesting lad , and with Herman Guttenbruk . ’ |
| 2 | He looked long and hard at the younger executive as if trying to sum him up . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The light leaps and spits inside her as if trying to escape . |
| 6 | On an afterthought , she said ‘ Thank you very much , children , ’ and then paused as if trying to come to a decision . |
| 7 | as if trying to pinpoint the exact difference between them . |
| 8 | Her hands covered her mouth as if trying to hold the screams in . |
| 9 | The man spoke in short sentences , as if trying to strain out of his monologue all but the most essential facts . |
| 10 | He shook his head as if trying to deny what he had heard . |
| 11 | When she had finished she shook her arms , as if trying to dry her hands . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | Raise the eyebrows , forcing them up as far as you can as if trying to make them meet your hair line . |
| 14 | In both cases , the pupils will enlarge more than normal , as if trying to increase the input of information from the exciting stimuli . |
| 15 | He did not answer , just stood there looking at her as if trying to make up his mind how to begin . |
| 16 | ‘ I thought you should be busy , ’ she muttered as if trying to justify herself . |
| 17 | In her frantic anxiety she began rubbing her eyes and then her dripping nose as if trying to flatten both into her skull . |
| 18 | But she no longer treated him with the old irritable dismissiveness ; she knew of Edouard 's reputation as a businessman , and obviously had heard his abilities praised , for she now regarded him warily , as if trying to decide whether , after all , she might have been wrong , and her younger son might be of use to her . |
| 19 | Then he saw the hand , its fingers curled , as if trying to drag the sprawled body that was attached to it across the room . |
| 20 | To everyone 's surprise , the bodies of the tech and the scum warrior stayed in full view , soaring and bobbing on convection currents of superheated gases as if trying to swim away from the wall ; though the bodies were obviously changing in texture as they cooked . |
| 21 | She was frowning a little as if trying to concentrate , and she was even paler than before . |
| 22 | On the one hand , the researcher should try to take nothing for granted , but rather be surprised and intrigued by what is observed , as if trying to make sense of foreign culture . |
| 23 | Individuals and small parties join together in the open water outside the kelp beds , where they swim up and down as if trying to get the courage to attempt the last lap . |
| 24 | ‘ Nearly … very nearly , ’ responded the Old Stager , as if trying hard to remember . |
| 25 | He stood in front of the door , staring at the peeling blue paint as if trying to imprint every detail on his memory . |
| 26 | Piper looked at Luke for a long time as if trying to find a face behind the face . |
| 27 | ‘ Miss Havisham asked me to send , ’ said Joe , as if trying to remember the exact words , ‘ her — best wishes , was it , Pip ? to Mrs J. Gargery … ‘ |
| 28 | He paused and looked at me , as if trying to gauge what kind of impression this hokum was making . |
| 29 | Then , his expression quite impassive , he dug a hand into a trouser pocket and carefully , as if trying to hold fast to quick-silver , brought up a fistful of small change . |
| 30 | ‘ Wake up , ’ Magee whispered , as if trying to rouse a lover from slumber . |