Example sentences of "on [pos pn] search for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within an hour , there among the logs , intent on its search for eels , was a mink — a silver- ‘ blue ’ one . |
| 2 | Her ‘ exquisite misery ’ and longevity were ironic comments on her search for happiness and frequent wishes to be dead . |
| 3 | Hanging back so they were just at the limit of vision , she followed them through the tunnels of the complex , occasionally passing other personnel or soldiers , who ignored her to concentrate on their search for the fugitive . |
| 4 | The questions will explore : claimants ' work history and perceptions of their job prospects ; their experience of claiming benefits and the effect it has had on their search for paid employment : their awareness of dependency on the state on their own part and among other claimers : and their general ideas about the role of claimant . |
| 5 | This did not mean that the play itself was not exciting as drama , but it meant that for Eliot , intent on his search for a vital relation between ritual and art , this play would not suffice . |
| 6 | His reasons were all based on his search for Rectitudo in mind and will , as he had sought it for the past thirty years . |