Example sentences of "in [pron] hunt for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the sons of the primal father both loved and hated him the possibility arose that those of them who by luck or design chanced on their actual fathers in their hunt for women and killed him or drove him off ( most probably the former , the latter seems insufficiently traumatic ) would have gratified one side of their ambivalent feelings , but would by the same action have frustrated the other . |
| 2 | DETECTIVES were last night following up two new leads in their hunt for the killer of masseuse Lynne Trenholme . |
| 3 | DETECTIVES have raided a house in their hunt for the brutal killer of a Hartlepool man . |
| 4 | VIDEO film taken by security cameras at the offices of major oil companies may provide detectives with a vital lead in their hunt for the bomb hoaxer who brought chaos to Aberdeen yesterday . |
| 5 | VIDEO film taken by security cameras at the offices of two major oil companies may provide detectives with a vital lead in their hunt for the bomb hoaxer who brought chaos to Aberdeen yesterday . |
| 6 | ‘ This is an important clue in our hunt for the bombers , ’ Mr Singh said . |
| 7 | AND we 've had no success in our hunt for year long round Christmas pudding sauce . |