Example sentences of "searching [pron] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | On his way to the restaurant he passed a man and a woman arm in arm , a man walking purposefully , as if late for an appointment , a woman standing next to her car and searching her bag for the key . |
| 2 | She spoke harshly , taking a step away from him , searching her mind for justification of her rejection . |
| 3 | He was attentive and thoughtful , without fussing over her or searching her face for signs of tiredness or ill-health . |
| 4 | It is little wonder that Crawford Beveridge , the chief executive of Scottish Enterprise , when searching his heart for charity , described his network 's provision for next year as ’ broadly the same level of resources as this year . ’ |
| 5 | If there is a coastal plain you 're to find it , and in that case we 'll meet near that southern coastal city — ’ Burun gestured , searching his memory for the name , ‘ — Ruysdal . ’ |
| 6 | His eyes flickered as he looked at her , and she knew he was searching his mind for a joke . |
| 7 | He paused , searching his mind for something else to say , something that might move the emphasis away from himself . |
| 8 | He leans back against the wall , seeing his face in the cracked , diamond-shaped mirror and he sifts through his thoughts , trying to hold back the vitriol while searching his face for yet more mutations . |
| 9 | ‘ I might have heard , but I 'm not at all sure I believed what I heard , ’ she muttered , searching his face for clues , but finding none . |
| 10 | Carrie nodded , her eyes searching his face for something . |
| 11 | She was silent for a long while , searching his face for a way forward , but it was shuttered and empty , all emotion banished . |