'V for n' - Construction 9
| Name: | the search for construction |
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| Description: | A person tries to find or obtain something. |
| Verbs: | check, dig, divine, dowse, drill, explore, feel, forage, fumble, grope, hunt, listen, look, pan, probe, prospect, be questing, rummage, scan, scavenge, scout, scrabble, scramble, screen, search, shop, trawl, watch, cast around, ferret about, listen out, look out, rummage about, scout around, scrabble around, shop around, watch out |
| Example: | Esmerelda searched for flowers… (BNC) |
| Membership: | target 'for'; action; concrete |
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