Example sentences of "to search for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Produce your passport and at least two documents to prove that you are worthy to search for the Stone : press-cuttings , letters from people for whom you have performed daring tasks , or other documents . |
| 2 | But the first thing I 've got to say to you here and now is you 're no more capable of keeping a wife than of keeping a — ’ she seemed to search for the word , then brought out , ‘ rabbit . |
| 3 | That was part of their game , of course ; leave him to search for the way to escape , but alone . |
| 4 | Gilgamesh went on to search for the secret of immortality and according to the legend he almost succeeded . |
| 5 | Not every school will be able to travel down to Portsmouth to see the wreck of the Mary Rose for themselves , but they could watch a video about the discovery and raising of the wreck , and carry out a computer simulation to search for the wreck . |
| 6 | The editors of tabloid newspapers are still prepared to finance expeditions to search for the yeti , the Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas . |
| 7 | ‘ More than 60 officers have been drafted into the area to search for the baby . |
| 8 | To search for the essence of our humanity ? |
| 9 | We must again remember to search for the constitution amongst the realities , and not confine ourselves to pretty normative structures . |
| 10 | My intention is to let the barbel in all areas know that there is free feed about in the hope that they will then begin to search for the source . |
| 11 | He persuaded the then owner of the Selvagens to allow him , on his return journey , to search for the treasure , which would be split between them . |
| 12 | In 1487 King John of Portugal sent Pedro da Covilham to search for the kingdom of Prester John . |
| 13 | ‘ We are compelled ’ , wrote Dicey , ‘ to search for the guidance of first principles . ’ |
| 14 | It is often easier to locate the leak with the water in , or by marking the water level at which to search for the leak , unless of course the fault is in the bottom of the pool . |
| 15 | It is as though Lawrence was acknowledging that it is hard for human beings to say what they feel and that we often have to search for the form of words before we can find the words themselves . |
| 16 | Now the Anyons will be returning on dives to search for the boat the sword guard came from . |
| 17 | I asked her to go to bed and I decided to search for the monster . |
| 18 | Other agreements with Japan in 1989 included projects to search for the burial place of Chingis Khan and for development in the Gobi desert . |
| 19 | On discovery the following morning , the wives were extremely angry and frustrated and broke into the clubhouse , selected a club each and in groups of twos , threes and fours began to search for the Maharajah . |
| 20 | However , it is still very difficult to search for the sequence of transformations which produced any given tree . |