Example sentences of "he [was/were] search for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | He was searching for a complete lyricist who could add flavour to songs he was intending to be covered by bigger artists . |
2 | He told me how , at one point in his life , presumably in the 1930s , that he was searching for a new purpose and direction in his life ; one offering greater personal fulfilment . |
3 | He started looking into corners for the bugging device , though he said he was searching for a stray cigarette , left over from the days when he smoked . |
4 | He was searching for the right doctor — he meant a doctor for his soul — and kept falling into the hands of quacks . |
5 | She could see that he was searching for the right words , the very thing that would describe what he had felt , what he had experienced at that moment . |