Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | David Walsh looks in vain for encouraging signs |
| 2 | A Kinnock government in present conditions of economic crisis might well have done in Labour for good and all . |
| 3 | He put the probe away and studied the device with a frown , searching in vain for recognizable wiring or circuitry . |
| 4 | The north wind was still blowing , Randy Rarick was still biting his nails , and surfers patrolled the Kam Highway , boards poking out of jeeps , strapped to cars , balanced on bicycles , searching in vain for rideable waves . |
| 5 | If , on the other hand , the condition is that the proper name , if it is to count as a proper name at all , must be non-descriptive , then we shall look in vain for suitable candidates , for there can hardly be an expression that communicates something and yet does not incorporate , or contextually presuppose , a descriptive content . |
| 6 | They will look in vain for detailed information on , for example , the housing benefit scheme or the ‘ social fund ’ in the Act : this is contained in subsequent regulations . |
| 7 | Last year the police went back to the Baroness 's former home to look in vain for hidden gold bars . |
| 8 | FRISK Dennis Cooper A ‘ gay American Psycho ’ they said , but you 'll search in vain for long lists of clothes and accessories . |
| 9 | According to Mustafa Dzhemilev , leader of the Crimean Tatars ' Majlis , 600 members of the local militia on Oct. 1 forced their way into the Krasnyy Ray settlement near Alushta ( where returning Tatars had started work independently on the construction of a camp after waiting in vain for local authorities to allocate land for the purpose ) , injuring several residents and arresting 26 . |
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| 11 | It contained a pound of raw stewing steak , laced with Seconal for good measure . |
| 12 | Hopefully , it should see many forms of cancer treatable as simply as popping into hopsital for minor surgery . |
| 13 | Soft knee-high boots , fashioned of calf-hide for light indoor use , were laced about his leggings . |
| 14 | During the following weeks , the world waited in vain for detailed confirmation of Richter 's claims . |
| 15 | During the course of the research , other areas will be explored as they prove to important for analytical or policy purposes , such as the impact of sanctions or the options for the mineral-energy complex in post-apartheid South Africa . |