Have you tried using FREETEXT predicate? Look it up in Books Online.
Wrap your search phrase in double quotes, ie
select * from tablename where contains(*,'"this is my search phrase"')

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>I have been trying to figure out how to do a search against my full-text
> index where a user enters more than one word.
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> online
> and I am only able to get results back when only one word is searched for.