def _find_sequence(self) -> List[GridQubit]:
        """Looks for a sequence starting at a given qubit.

        Search is issued twice from the starting qubit, so that longest possible
        sequence is found. Starting qubit might not be the first qubit on the
        returned sequence.

        Returns:
            The longest sequence found by this method.
        """
        # Run the first pass and drop starting qubit from the found sequence.
        tail = self._sequence_search(self._start, [])
        tail.pop(0)

        # Run the second pass and keep the starting qubit.
        head = self._sequence_search(self._start, tail)
        head.reverse()

        return self._expand_sequence(head + tail)