We're not looking for unconditional surrender in Afghanistan.
Undetected, the Cubans, still in their camouflage uniforms and black boots, marched into the middle of the sultry Florida resort town looking for someone to surrender to.
It was very likely, Mr. Warner added, that when Mr. Diallo reached into his pocket he was either looking for money to surrender to what he perceived as a group of robbers or identification to show them.
Douglas Hurd, Mr Heath's private secretary, has said that by the end of the dispute "the government was wandering around the battlefield looking for someone to surrender to".
But it does not constitute the radical reform of agricultural policy that Britain is looking for in exchange for surrendering its rebate.
Interspersed with all this are the grandiose ballads that are her stock in trade: look for "I Surrender," coming soon to a wedding near you.
You can cruise for some time looking for a space, or surrender to a valet.
Others appear on other days, too, people who want to get right with the law as well as with God, fugitives looking for someone trustworthy to surrender to.
It was a useless exercise, except, perhaps, for those watching from one group: Republicans looking for a script for how to surrender to Donald Trump.
In the animal kingdom, she says, females surrender and males dominate, with female robins looking for the male robin with the reddest breast and best leafy real estate.
