Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] searching for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Violet Sangston found me while I was searching for a hiding-place . |
2 | They were searching for the gym shoes . |
3 | I did wonder if they were searching for the book . |
4 | The two girls looked at each other , as if they were searching for the similarities . |
5 | He was searching for a complete lyricist who could add flavour to songs he was intending to be covered by bigger artists . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | He was searching for the right doctor — he meant a doctor for his soul — and kept falling into the hands of quacks . |
9 | 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 . |