Example sentences of "[subord] search for the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He tilts his head and gazes into my face as if searching for the answer . |
| 2 | He paused , as if searching for the right words . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 4 | During the day a Cant Z.501 flyingboat of the 184 a Squadriglia R.M. was also lost , apparently to Malta fighters , and probably while searching for the downed German aircrew ; the crew of this aircraft were rescued near the Sicilian coast . |
| 5 | While searching for the plants , I found many of the invertebrates . |
| 6 | At this stage in his life , this was as important to Nicholson as searching for the character he was playing . |
| 7 | An example word supercilious , compiled from simulated data ( 244,140,625 complete candidate strings ) was tested using the old method of complete string look-up ( 7 hours and 48 minutes processing time ) , and the new letter by letter look-up ( 13 seconds processing time ) — these figures include the time taken to build the tree structure as well as searching for the candidate strings . |
| 8 | When searching for the right adjective , bear in mind that your effect on the reader will be stronger if you can create physical sensation , if you can make the reader conjure up a colour , a texture , a smell or a sound , rather than using a word like ‘ soothing ’ , or ‘ lovely ’ or ( worst of all ) ‘ evocative ’ . |
| 9 | The ability to lock the rope quickly is also very useful when searching for the next stance , or else in performing diagonal manoeuvres . |