Example sentences of "have be search [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had found the one he had been searching for all those years — the one wavering on the brink of eternal damnation . |
| 2 | The wood at the back of the painting was deeply scored with a dagger as if someone had been searching for some secret crevice or compartment . |
| 3 | And the demand for jam jars had been so great that even salvage dumps and cemeteries had been searched for extra supplies . |
| 4 | He went from house to house dragging two metal ingots and everybody was amazed to see pots , pans , tongs and braziers tumble down from their places and beams creak from the desperation of nails and screws trying to emerge , and even objects that had been lost for a long time appeared from where they had been searched for most and went dragging along in turbulent confusion behind Melquíades ' magical irons . |
| 5 | And today forensic teams have been searching for further clues to help catch the killer : |