Example sentences of "he [was/were] searching for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guided by his new-found friend , Charles studied Jung and also the work of economist and philosopher E. F. Schumacher , who wrote a book entitled Small Is Beautiful ; over the years the Prince has found many of the answers he was searching for . |
| 2 | I always felt that he was never really happy with his performance of La Mer ; he was searching for certain textures which he could never really get in hand . |
| 3 | He was searching for a complete lyricist who could add flavour to songs he was intending to be covered by bigger artists . |
| 4 | He was searching for something positive in the experience . |
| 5 | I should n't think he was searching for anything elusive . |
| 6 | He was searching for the right doctor — he meant a doctor for his soul — and kept falling into the hands of quacks . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She knew it was not her father-in-law , Rabbi Moishe , he was searching for — the Rabbi would be in a waiting-room with the President 's party — but for their son , Jacob . |
| 10 | He knew that he was searching for sixteen points of comparison before he could be sure of positive identification . |
| 11 | ‘ He stood watching them , ’ said Raynor , ‘ and it was as if he was searching for something . |
| 12 | Lancaster had even told Jane he was searching for his wife . |
| 13 | He was searching for ‘ his class ’ , which he never found , and talked about ‘ the laboratory ’ , which was no more than a back kitchen with a bunsen burner and running water . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | And as this notion made his mouth curve upward in amusement at his optimism , he found what he was searching for . |
| 16 | For a moment he searched her face , looking for something , and then he seemed to find it , whatever he was searching for , for with a half-smile , his eyes still open and fixed on her face , he entered her . |
| 17 | A little man , ‘ looking like a smart French doctor ’ , he was searching for hidden treasure . |