Example sentences of "searching [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that after more than two years of searching through war documents he was now certain that he flew from Klagenfurt on 22 May . |
| 2 | It is all too revealing that , searching through the biographical work on Gide for further references to Athman in Europe , I came across hardly anything except the occasional derogatory , passing remark . |
| 3 | The time consuming nature of searching through a mass of information for one factor is the main drawback of this approach , although the process can now be made more efficient by the use of electronic databases . |
| 4 | He began searching through the house gathering clothes and other things he wanted to take with him . |
| 5 | He spent most of his time searching through magazines , picture books and newspapers , hoping to find some clue as to what had happened to his mother and father . |
| 6 | And if he was n't searching through magazines and papers he was looking into boxes , bags and bundles to find more magazines and newspapers to search through . |
| 7 | She dived towards it , anxious some other would-be caller should not beat her to it and begin on one of those endless conversations the French seemed to have , searching through her pockets for change and trying to recall the International dialling code and the number of the line which connected direct with Nick 's office , bypassing the busy switchboard , all at the same time . |
| 8 | Forster held his legs , leaving Delaney free to grip his Smith and Wesson two-handed , searching through the metal steps for any danger . |
| 9 | The clear eggs can be found by searching through the mop , strand by strand and removing them by hand . |
| 10 | Forget searching through cupboards and sheds for the right tool for the job . |
| 11 | 95% of business information is paper-based , and every year millions of working hours are wasted just searching through it |
| 12 | Careful searching through old junk shops and around antique markets may well produce endless ideas and inspiration from which you can work . |
| 13 | She was not used to searching through his private possessions but she needed to learn the truth before he returned home . |
| 14 | Any character searching through the books there must make a Dex test . |
| 15 | Searching through the Troll 's hoard of treasure he chanced upon the Crown of Sorcery . |
| 16 | Searching through a variety of sources will give them a wider perspective on their study area , and may also give them contradictory evidence . |
| 17 | Very hurriedly he started searching through the unopened mail . |
| 18 | The spatial association is checked by searching through the hierarchical spaces for an intersection between the geometric domains of the parts . |
| 19 | For the next few hours they went among the high street shops , first searching through the shelves of Joseph Toms , Toys and Fancy Goods , for novelties , then looking among the tiny cupboards of Charles Weaver , Apothecary , sampling the sweet-tasting , harmless powders on their fingers and mixing the brightly-coloured liquids in beakers . |
| 20 | Searching through her mind the only emotions she could recreate from that time were a dizzying pleasure that someone as sophisticated , cosmopolitan , successful and confident as Doctor Anthony Gillingham should appear to want anyone as dull and provincial as she had been and a kind of a triumph that she could present Comfort with Anthony 's declaration of love . |
| 21 | As most of the time taken is used up in searching through the various models the speed of the system will be a trade-off between the range of speakers it can understand and the number of words in the vocabulary . |
| 22 | She looked round to where her sister was searching through the other books . |
| 23 | It was heavy going searching through the stubble , but the result had been well-worth all my efforts . |
| 24 | However , whilst searching through various books in my library , I chanced upon my copy of Folklore , Myths and Legends of Britain and wondered if there were anything mentioned about the Silbury Hill area that I had been writing about . |
| 25 | For example , under a clerical system , producing a short list of candidates with suitable qualifications for a particular job may mean searching through personal files , and consulting various lists . |
| 26 | He was sitting up , holding the clumsy radio on his knee with one hand , searching through the muttering frequencies with the other . |
| 27 | It went searching through all space for nothingness |
| 28 | He moved over to the other side of the office and had begun searching through a well-stocked bookshelf when the phone on his desk rang close by Folly 's hand . |
| 29 | Still searching through her pockets , she muttered fiercely , ‘ My name 's engraved on it somewhere ; does n't that fulfil the object of the exercise ? ’ |
| 30 | DLT is a safe and powerful tool that will save you hours searching through files and directories looking for those unwanted files to delete . |