А как насчет такого кода:
// all of *greedy* regexs into a list
List<String> regex = new ArrayList<String>();
// here is my text
String mytext = "...";
String tmp = null;
// iterate over letters of my text
for (int i = 0; i < mytext.length(); i++) {
// substring from 0. position till i. index
tmp = mytext.substring(0, i);
// append regex on sub text
for (String reg : regex ) {
Pattern p = Pattern.compile(reg);
Matcher m = p.matcher(tmp);
// if found, do smt
if (m.find() ) { bingo.. do smt! }
}
}