Example sentences of "searching for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1980s older workers experienced great insecurity both in terms of holding on to their jobs and when searching for new work if unemployed . |
| 2 | The fighting was caused for three reasons : different sides kept stealing cattle ; everybody was searching for new land ; and according to the Romans the Celts liked fighting . |
| 3 | Promoted at the end of last season to Division 1 of the West Middlesex Midweek Cricket League , the team is searching for new blood to add to the pool of players to make sure they stay there . |
| 4 | By his side a little bird on a stand is singing , and a tiny mouse is searching for fallen bird-food . ) |
| 5 | Consumers are regarded either as blank receptors , by the mass culture theorists , or as an inherently oppositional class , by ultra-leftists searching for pure proletarianism . |
| 6 | Every year dozens of plant-collecting expeditions comb the fields and markets of the Third World searching for lost diversity . |
| 7 | Whole week of holiday now gone , but still working 23 hours out of 24 minding potties , cooking food , searching for lost particle of Lego , shopping for sweets and icecreams and exploding drinks , explaining in most genteel terms available why horse in nearby field has permanent erection . |
| 8 | When they reached the shearers ' quarters she became a bundle of activity , doing all she could to assist Matt in setting up the large barbecue , and then searching for dry wood to boil the water for the billy tea . |
| 9 | FAMILIES searching for extra space should make a quick exit left to Barry Evans & Co . |
| 10 | ‘ This is partly because employers searching for cheap labour have imposed restrictions on the freedom of trade unions in the countries in which they have invested , ’ it says . |
| 11 | There are a lot of internal things going on , there are a lot of lines about searching for that kind of thing , like they 're here ! |
| 12 | Why all of them if he 's searching for one slave ? ’ |
| 13 | In only his second start of the season , Snodin provided the spark of midfield inspiration and stong running that Everton have been desperately searching for all season . |
| 14 | Businesses searching for financial assistance can be start-ups or already trading , and should normally have a business plan . |
| 15 | She bit her lip , searching for firm ground in the morass that seemed to be opening up at her feet . |
| 16 | In searching for greater distance , golfers will try absolutely anything , ranging from the latest clubs to weight training , from a fuller shoulder turn in the backswing to a wide arc through the ball . |
| 17 | The Cornell team was searching for neutral hydrogen inside other known galaxies . |
| 18 | He looked at it again , searching for another reading . |
| 19 | ‘ He is searching for another refugee . |
| 20 | Since then we have been steadily searching for another prize to go with the vouchers . |
| 21 | After discussion with the therapist , Tony agreed to start searching for another job more systematically ; he proposed to look at the local newspapers twice a week for possible job vacancies . |
| 22 | She could almost see him searching for another string of quips if Jessica would not thaw to the first attempt . |
| 23 | Not content with Mont Blanc , last year found him searching for another challenge . |
| 24 | Notice how the eyes work independently of one another , searching for likely insect prey upon which to unfurl their long , sticky , lobe-ended tongue . |
| 25 | He stared down at her for a few seconds , almost as if searching for some clue hidden in her expression . |
| 26 | One way to avoid this is to think for a moment before beginning , searching for some idea , however brief , on which our imagination can work . |
| 27 | It was this disappearance that really roused my suspicion , and started me searching for some kind of pattern to make sense of these changes . |
| 28 | She faltered , desperately searching for some excuse . |
| 29 | Their meaning is not easily grasped by those who have spent some time studying the Christian faith , and yet the church still presents these complicated extracts from the Bible and the ASB to people who may never have heard the name of God spoken reverently before , and who are searching for some germ of belief to help them understand the vacuum created by the death of the person they love . |
| 30 | A learner is usually searching for some property which fulfils criteria which have nothing to do directly with the observed data . |