Example sentences of "his quest for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his quest for a solution to the contra insurgency , Mr Ortega dramatised the situation at the end of October by cancelling a 19-month-old ceasefire and resuming offensive operations . |
| 2 | Tamar thought no more about this conversation and did not ask Stephen whether his quest for a new groom had been successful . |
| 3 | He will not give up his quest for a full cap . ’ |
| 4 | Although he found much to admire in the oriental-megalomaniac architecture of Kim 's Korea or Mao 's China , in his quest for a style suitable for a monumental Bucharest he looked to precedents closer to home . |
| 5 | In his quest for a good time , Reid partied and drank his way through his considerable salary . |
| 6 | His quest for a wife had developed into a national pastime . |
| 7 | After grappling over the course of the novel with his essential nature and that of those around him , he finally renounces his quest for a fixed meaning , a completed story : |