E kimi ana a Manu i tāna waea pūkoro.
Manu is searching for his cell phone.
- he tauira tēnei o tētahi rerenga kupu mahi
Kua kimihia e ia āna kī i ngā wāhi katoa.
He has searched everywhere for his keys.
(Literally, his keys have been searched for everywhere.)
- this is an example of a passive sentence