Example sentences of "[adv] searching for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Russian swore , feverishly searching for a grenade . |
| 2 | POP mogul Pete Waterman is turning his multi-million empire upside down searching for a spy . |
| 3 | As we have said , couples are engaged in a kind of dance , moving towards each other and then drawing apart , constantly searching for a comfortable balance in their relationship . |
| 4 | Rangers had lost some of the invention they displayed in the first half , but still had Ferdinand eagerly searching for a goal . |
| 5 | For a long moment silence hung in the air between them , Candy obviously searching for a solution to a problem she had never encountered before . |
| 6 | A few days later I took a walk down the Kings Road , mostly searching for a pair of brothel creepers . |
| 7 | The over-zealous male then realises his mistake , lets him go and carries on searching for a female . |
| 8 | Stoke , still searching for a League win , recall £250,000 front-man Biggins , fit after knee surgery . |
| 9 | Chief Supt David Foster said there was no indication of a sexual attack and police were still searching for a murder weapon . |
| 10 | Deeside Dragons , still searching for a point in the Heineken British League First Division , have released the Americans Tim McGee and Tim Caddo . |
| 11 | CHELSEA manager Ian Porterfield is still searching for a top class goalkeeper despite the heroics of stand-in Kevin Hitchcock . |
| 12 | MORE than 12 months after the closure of the Corporate Wardrobe and the selling off of the entire stock in a giant sale , Branch Banking 's Deputy Managing Director Bob McInnes is still searching for a solution to the uniform issue . |
| 13 | One month after Pamela took her life , her family is still searching for a reason . |
| 14 | Yet , while the New Popsters produced a stream of memorable hit singles ( Culture Club 's Do You Really Want To Hurt Me , or Duran 's Hungry Like The Wolf ) , within three years they 'd all be defunct , or frantically searching for a new ‘ adult ’ audience . |
| 15 | Einstein spent most of his later years unsuccessfully searching for a unified theory , but the time was not ripe : there were partial theories for gravity and the electromagnetic force , but very little was known about the nuclear forces . |
| 16 | We are urgently searching for a set — I 've been informed that some surviving sets are twisted — and if it means that we have to look abroad for a new set in Poland than so be it ! |
| 17 | I have the impression of an enemy general , scanning our lines through his field-glasses , or a hardened housebreaker , openly searching for a point of entry . |
| 18 | Most of the enemies of these insects are small birds out searching for a tasty meal . |
| 19 | PROFESSIONAL hunters called in by police were today searching for a great white shark that killed a scuba diver on his honeymoon . |