1 He scrabbled for the light switch.

2 The opportunity had gone. His mind scrabbled for alternatives.

3 He was scrabbling for his pen, which had got lost somewhere under the sheets of paper.

4 Too many companies were scrabbling for a share of profits in the new industry.

5 He was scrabbling for a foothold on the steep slope.

6 Dropping Trent's neck rope, he scrabbled for the pistol in his belt.

7 The horse moved on to unsound ground, feeling the danger and scrabbling for a foothold.

8 He scrabbled for the switch, thinking it must somehow have clicked itself off.

9 Flames belch from the wreckage, degenerate human beings scrabble for survival, the screen is dark and the aspect brooding.

10 There were no masses of poor crushed together in fetid slums, scrabbling for every crust.

11 Its birth indicates the new endeavor to scrabble for the right of discourse on China's international issue.

12 This territorial reformation never degenerated into a scrabble for land.

13 Researchers scrabble for funds, and students complain of large classes and reduced teaching time.

14 And they extend their products, and scrabble for the quasi-heavy and medium truck market.

15 Han-xin'asking for "Furlough-King" has been throught "to scrabble for the authority" or "take credit to himself in order to benefit" by the academe.

16 In history, in order to scrabble for the launch sea mouth, occupancy and control Black Sea channel, Russia and west developed countries involved in a drastic contend.

17 In client choosing tactic foreign capital banks will scrabble for Chinese high quality clients.

18 Electronic Arts developed a nice version of Scrabble for iGoogle and the NPR gadget allows you to share news stories with your friends.

19 Surveying the results of her handiwork, she stayed only long enough to see him scrabble for the safety of the bank.

20 The conc eption of PRI is introduced to harmonize the conflict among function models, w hi ch scrabble for the right to send data by network.

21 The consumer show is taking on strongly rising in foreign countries and famous exhibition companies begin to scrabble for consumer show market in China.

22 With the development of the localization of staff in foreign banks and the development of domestic stock commercial banks, what all banks scrabble for is the talents of business administration.