to find n wraps in string

string_wrapper

def search(text,n):
    '''Searches for text, and retrieves n words either side of the text, which are retuned seperatly'''
    word = r"\W*([\w]+)"
    groups = re.search(r'{}\W*{}{}'.format(word*n,'place',word*n), text).groups()
    return groups[:n],groups[n:]
    
    
t = "The world is a small place, we should try to take care of it."
search(t,3)
#(('is', 'a', 'small'), ('we', 'should', 'try'))
#ref: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17645701/extract-words-surrounding-a-search-word