Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] searching for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's hard to explain to you … you 're too young to understand , yet — but I am searching for El Dorado . |
| 2 | I am searching for a pattern . |
| 3 | ‘ Obviously the return we get is good in public relations terms , but what I 'm searching for is a better quality of recruit . ’ |
| 4 | A top copy writer says : " When I look at people 's work now I 'm searching for signs of an original mind … of imagination . " |
| 5 | What I 'm searching for is the right comparison . |
| 6 | ‘ It was the usual one — the one where I 'm searching for Mark . |
| 7 | Oh you are , oh right erm I 'm searching for your prize list I know I had one there all these bits of paper you have to bring in every day . |
| 8 | While I was searching for some Arab property in the area , I had come across three young Palestinians standing beside a shabby food stall on the waterfront . |
| 9 | I was searching for birdies and eagles with Azinger going great guns , so not getting there was no good to me . |
| 10 | Violet Sangston found me while I was searching for a hiding-place . |
| 11 | ‘ How long have you been searching for me ? ’ |
| 12 | But if you are searching for your dust-pan , it is out in the hall . ’ |
| 13 | You are searching for damp and woodworm , for lack of maintenance , and for usability and quality , or lack of it . |
| 14 | If you are searching for a solution to an undefined need it is more than likely that you 'll be seduced by the obvious attractions of graphics oriented programs like PageMaker , Ready Set Go and so on . |
| 15 | If you know more details about the person you are searching for , Date and Archive contains a list of Hulton Deutsch Collections and Photographers . |
| 16 | Whether you 're searching for an unusual birthday gift , designer suit , engagement ring , leather luggage or simply to eat , York is the place to go . |
| 17 | But it 's also surprisingly practical , especially if you 're searching for different and impressive sounds . |
| 18 | Although she does not realise it , she is searching for enlightenment and encourages her fusion with Geraldine : ‘ Christabel stretched forth her hand ’ . |
| 19 | Miss Tylee 's courtesy was unfailing — she was a neatly dressed lady who wore a velvet neckband and her ‘ pince-nez ’ or pinchers as we called them were attached to a thin gold necklet , ready to be placed at the end of her nose when she was searching for something required by her customers . |
| 20 | She dreamt that she was searching for something glorious : it could have been money , it could have been love , she did not know . |
| 21 | While the water steamed from the taps , she busied herself at the long table beneath the bathroom mirror , lifting the lids from the various jars and sniffing at them until she found the one she was searching for . |
| 22 | She looked around at the other people in the water , and when she saw Matthew , brown and sinewy , poised on the board for a swift controlled racing dive , she admitted to herself that it was him she was searching for . |
| 23 | She saw what she was searching for — the deep love she had once known before . |
| 24 | She was searching for Mr Right , and did n't care who knew it . |
| 25 | ‘ We are searching for the Christ Child , ’ said the second king . |
| 26 | We are searching for anonymity and essence . |
| 27 | ‘ Now remember , lads , ’ he briefed them as they scuttled purposefully over the rough rocky ground , ‘ this is n't some parasite we 're searching for , it 's a Chelonian officer . |
| 28 | Not only that but when we found the mattress we were searching for , one corner had been completely eaten away . |
| 29 | If we were searching for this record , a comparison with the ‘ key ’ of the first block would be low , and of the second , high . |
| 30 | At present , road blocks can only be set if the police have reasonable grounds for believing a serious offence is about to be committed , or if they are searching for someone who intends to commit an offence . |