Seeking : search-35.2












[9 : Somebody ----s somebody ]
[8 : Somebody ----s something ]



NP (Cognizer_agent) V () PP[for] (Sought_entity)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Location) PP.theme[for] (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP.location[PREP] (Location)
NP (Agent) V () PP.location[PREP] (Location) PP.theme[for] (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP.theme[for] (Theme) NP.location[PREP] (Location)


Examples from WordNet


Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!
The police are searching for clues
We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest
They are searching for the missing man in the entire county



Examples from VerbNet


I searched in the cave for treasure.
I searched the cave for treasure.
I searched for treasure in the cave.
I searched through America.



Examples from SemCor


Stravinsky, nearing the age of eighty, is like a lost and frantic bird, flitting from one abandoned nest to another, searching for a home.
He stepped into the dugout, wondering why Deegan was always looking_for trouble.
While emphasizing that technical details were not fully worked_out, Pelham said his resolution would seek to set_aside the privilege resolution which the House voted through 87- 31.
So John had refused to agree to his appointment as a preacher, and now Caroli sought revenge.
In_particular he sought the gentle, sweet-faced nuns, with head_coverings and veils coming to the middle of their foreheads, remembering their expressions until he reached home and set them down on paper.
At one_and_the_same time, she was within it but still searching for the drawbridge that would give her entry.
The name`` alkali_bee'' indicates that one has_to look_for them in rather inhospitable places.
In looking_for the best sites available that meet the requirements, you need information to compare the site with others.
In 1607 and 1608, the English Muscovy_Company had sent him northward to look_for a route over the North_Pole or across the top of Russia.
One does not have to look_for distress.
`` So you 're looking_for a woman who married a man who might have lived here a year ago and might have been poisoned.
His light blue eyes, set deep within the face, are actively and continually looking.
One day he followed the_Irish_Jasper_Greens, the town band, to a picnic and spent the entire day listening, while his family spent the day looking.
This angle of just where the Orioles can look_for improvement this year is an interesting one.
I started looking on the splintery truck_bed for a piece of board, a dirt clod- anything I could throw and with better aim than I had thrown the beer_bottle.
So they go looking_for mergers with other firms that have publicly quoted stock, and almost daily they pound on the doors of firms like Frito.
As_it_is written, There is not_one just man; there is none who understands; there is none who seeks after God.
Remember that in seeking the modern in Utopia we do not deny the existence of the medieval and the Renaissance there; we do not even need to commit ourselves to assessing on the same inconceivable scale the relative importance of the medieval, the Renaissance, and the modern.
Some general things to look_for in a site, if you have n't already bought one, are accessibility, water drainage, and orientation.
Searching for the best in spiritual stories, my roving editors cover not_only the country, but the whole world.
The 1958 town_meeting directed town authorities to seek federal and state funds with which to conduct a preliminary survey of a sewage plant with its attendant facilities.
Nor is it necessary to look_for such evidence in the great urban_centers of our culture that are admittedly almost entirely secularized and so profoundly estranged from the conventional forms in which the gospel has been communicated.
`` The President says'', the translator came_in,`` that the reason he asked you where you were going is because he hoped you would be visiting other areas in Southeast_Asia, and that everywhere you went, you would seek the answer to your question.
Religion seeks to satisfy human needs of great pertinence.
I grant that the dog may not be really protective, based on his training, but if you were roaming the streets looking_for a purse to snatch or a young_lady to molest, how quick would you be to attack a person strolling with a dog?
Memphis stinkpotters like McKellar_Lake, inside the city_limits, and sailors look_for autumn winds at Arkabutla_Lake where fall racing is now in_progress.
Diane was needed as a material witness in the case and New_York police searched three continents before they found her in their own back yard- in a swank hotel, of_course.
They found the teakettle and put water on to boil and then searched through the icebox.
Santa 's lieutenants in charge of the Journal-Bulletin Santa_Claus Fund are looking_for the usual generous response this year from Cranston residents.
Here briefly in_this humble tribute I have sought for some simple and succinct summation that would define the immense service of_this patriot to his country.
As a nation, we feel an obligation to assist other countries in their development; but this obligation pertains only to countries which are honestly seeking to become responsible members of a stable and forward-moving world community.
Because I 'm looking_for the son_of_a_bitch that killed that old_man, and I 'm going_to get him.
This time Lewis had his own rifle in his hands, and he threw some answering fire back at the mysterious far-off shot, then spent most_of the day searching out the area.
He tried to order the words of the three Union officers, seeking to create some coherent portrait of the dead boy.
Look_for a farm in a neighborhood of well-kept homes.
He fought it, seeking to kill the last few words, but on they came`` bout takin- his''.
The remarks she made about the sufferings of a lonely woman seemed so broad that he did know what to make_of them, but after the sixth drink he put his arm around her and suggested that they go upstairs and look_for her checkbook there.
To light industry, the economies of being on one floor are much slighter, but efficiency_engineers usually believe_in them, and manufacturers looking_for ways to cut costs cannot be prevented from turning_to efficiency_engineers.
Philadelphia permitted him to seek a better connection after he had refused to reconsider his decision to end his career as a player.
Pelham said Sunday night there was research being done on whether the`` quickie'' vote on the increase can be repealed outright or whether notice would have to first be given that reconsideration of the action would be sought.
The kind of religious experience that most moderns seek provides, clarifies, and relates human yearnings, values, ideals, and purposes; it also provides facilities and incitements for the development of personality, sociality, and creativeness.
Watson looked_for the fourth man.
At the moment, Barco 's back was to the road so he did n't see the detectives close_in on his convertible which, in their quest for the stolen lap rug, they proceeded to search.
Greg himself took two flights, with Todman leading the second, to patrol and look_for targets of opportunities around Ormoc on the east coast of Leyte.
I looked_for Jessica to materialize out of the clogging, crowd and, as the time passed and I waited, a fiend came_to_life beside me and whispered in my ear: How was I planning to greet Jessica?
To search his room at the motel?
But if the administration should find it does not need the$ 28 million for a grant-in-aid program, a not unlikely conclusion, it could very_well seek a way to use the money for other purposes.
I looked unceasingly With my cold mind and with my burning heart''.
We all seek the same thing through different ways- an end to this long night of two thousand years of darkness and unspeakable abuses which will continue to plague us until the Star_of_David flies over Zion''.
Above_all, we should seek to encourage the leaders of these societies to accept the unpleasant fact that they are responsible_for their fates.
Money for its construction will be sought later_on but in_the_meantime the State_Hospital board can accept gifts and donations of a site.
The economist does not look_for a drastic switch in the budget during this recovery and believes it`` even more unlikely that the Federal_Reserve will aggressively tighten monetary policy in the early phases of the upturn as was the case in 1958''.
The Hopkinsian universal disinterested benevolence, although holding to original_sin and the doctrine of election, inspired its adherents to heroic endeavours for others, looked_for the early coming of the Millennium, and was paralleled by the confidence in man 's ability cherished by the Unitarians, Emerson, and the Transcendentalists.
We are here because all our paths travel a blind course through a thick forest, seeking human dignity.
Alison was still asleep; he made fresh coffee and searched through all the desk drawers for more cigarettes before thinking_of her handbag, and found a crumpled stray cigarette at its bottom, which tasted peculiarly of face_powder.
She regarded them as signs that she was nearing the glen she sought, and she was glad to at_last be doing something positive in her unenunciated, undefined struggle with the mountain and its darkling inhabitants.
Discussed below are some of the main things to look_for when you select a part-time farm.
Mr._McKinley examined everything with critical care, seeking something material to blame for his son 's illness.
Seeking an obscure, dark, relatively quiet corner in the airy room otherwise suffused with afternoon sunshine, he asked if the soft background music could be turned_off.
Search as he might, he could find no place where the Bible spoke of a moment when Mary could have been alone with Jesus.
`` I thought they were going to Phoenix to look_for jobs''.
The man shrank before the hot fury, searching frantically for the answer** h Finnegan woke_up.
`` Sit_down'', he said,`` and enjoy your drink and look_for your checkbook later.
Perry_Mason and Hamilton_Burger, Nero_Wolfe and Inspector_Cramer spend more time fighting each other than they do in looking_for the criminal.
She lay under the covers making jabbing motions with her forefinger telling me where to look_for the coffeepot.
The good ones are not motivated to seek vainly, nor are they disposed to covet comfort, or they would have been led to fields that offer comfort and feed vanity.
When prepositional complements are divided as in what are you looking_for?
When he heard that Paul_Whiteman was looking_for singers to replace the Rhythm_Boys, Mercer applied and got the job,`` not for my voice, I 'm sure, but because I could write songs and material generally''.
`` You mean you dragged your wife all_over hell 's half-acre looking_for work''?
Thomas early Sunday went_to the home of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs._R._C._Thomas, 511 Blanche_St., NW, looking_for his wife, Margaret_Lou_Thomas, 18, and their 11- month-old baby.
Where, then, can we look_for improvement?
Recently, a group of the faculty at Wesleyan_University 's Public_Affairs_Center sought some answers to these questions.
Look_for them, will you?
This was senseless- he had no idea what to look_for.
At_no_time did I attempt to seek approval or commendation for the members of the Chicago board of election commissioners for the discharge of their duties.
This pressure has urged re-evaluation of the assumptions underlying their professional ethics; it has sought new sympathy for the human aspirations of racial minority groups in_this country.
`` They 're looking_for trouble''.
On the second landing he paused to look_for Docherty, did see him, and accepted a glass of champagne.
Finally, avoiding hummocks and seeking low ground, they intercepted the rain squall.
In searching for clues which might lead us to a fresh apprehension of the reality of spirit, the close connection between spirit and community is likely to prove the most fruitful.
He went_into the hotel and searched till he found the razor.
This scene is a`` white ballet'' in_which a lovelorn hero searches for his departed love 's spirit among twenty-eight extraordinarily beautiful`` shadows'' who can all dance like nothing human- which, of_course, is altogether fitting.
He looked_for the source of the noise that had awakened him** h It was that prick Coughlin.
Sometimes he did seem to because he hid them so well he could find them himself or because he looked and did find anything and figured he had hid one after_all or had drunk it up.
`` I 've been looking_for them, and they 're gone.
By this time Diane was a beguiling lass of 19 and still seeking her place in the world.
In_addition, the Office 's domestic trade program provided consultant services to those seeking information on establishment of new businesses; how and where to apply for financial assistance; details on marketing; information concerning patents, copyrights and trade marks, availability of technical reports, and other subjects of interest to small business.
Suppose Lauren comes looking_for us?
Ross had no intention of searching for the assassin.
He knew we were looking and he enjoyed it.
I have often searched for a graphic way of impressing our superiority on those Americans who have doubts, and I think Mr._Jameson_Campaigne has done it well in his new book American_Might_and_Soviet_Myth.
Seated in_front of the desk, Hank said,`` I 'm looking_for some information with very little to go_on, Sheriff''.
`` You think Black 's the one we 're looking_for''?
But the eagerly sought`` homogeneity'' of the Balafrej Council_of_Government was never achieved as the Istiqlal quarreled over foreign_policy, labor politics and economic development.
So you yourself must seek these objective data, and come to your own conclusions.
There was, of_course, no special reason to believe that the man or woman they sought had stayed only overnight at the hotel.
He had to look_for other prospects, other motives until more conclusive evidence pointing to Johnston came to light.
His blue eyes sought the sea of haze ahead.
What you were looking_for( unless you make a hobby of collecting old tennis_rackets and fly screens) eludes me, but to judge from phonograph_records scattered about a fumed_oak Victrola, you danced two tangos and a paso_doble, which must have been fairly enervating in that milieu.
Look somewhere.
It will do no good to seek God 's forgiveness until we have forgiven those who have done us wrong.
You 're a reporter, and you 're looking_for Miss_Perrin to interview her.
Some reports say he was rescued from timely retirement by his friend, Congressman_Walter of Pennsylvania, at a moment when the Kennedy_Administration was diligently searching for all the House votes it could get.
reinforcements came pouring down, seeking a soft_spot.
Every morning early, in the summer, we searched the trunks of the trees as high as we could reach for the locust shells, carefully detached their hooked claws from the bark where they hung, and stabled them, a weird herd, in an angle between the high roots of the tulip_tree, where no grass grew in the dense shade.
As befits a queen, a bumblebee female is rather choosy and may spend considerable time searching for a suitable nesting_place.
Before you look_for a farm you 'll need_to know( 1) the kind and scale of farming you want_to undertake; and( 2) whether you want_to buy or rent.
To be human, he believes, is to seek one 's own destruction: the Freudian`` death-wish'' cliche inevitably cited whenever laymen talk_about auto race-drivers.
They reined_in there, Brannon remaining in the saddle while Hogan went to look_for Jesse_Macklin in the hotel dining_room.
I was searching for an accent of self-delusion or, even, of hypocrisy.
On this issue, the President received a detailed report from his U._N._Ambassador_Adlai_Stevenson, who had just returned from Paris, and Mr._Kennedy asked Stevenson to search for a face-saving way- for both Paris and Tunis- out of the imbroglio.
Without math the men who are continually seeking the causes of and the reasons for the many things that make the world go' round would not have any means of analyzing, standardizing, and communicating the things they discover and learn.
As_a_result, he never looked_for it.
`` We 've been looking_for work, but all the ranchers have turned us down''.
Even as she called to the children, Conchita let her gaze seek Tom_Brannon.
`` Also, if you 're going_to believe those prints, you 'll have to look_for a killer who 's a top-grade piano_player''.