Example sentences of "in [adj] [prep] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you stayed away from me , I would try in vain to will you back beside me : then , long after the dinner I waited for you to share but had to eat alone , I would wander out into the stony streets , hoping to bump into you , to glimpse you sitting in a bar or on a park bench : |
| 2 | We try in vain to turn it up . |
| 3 | Her voice was beginning to rise and she tried in vain to control it . |
| 4 | erm the one at the Royal Sussex is perhaps interesting , in that in fact it 's the computer is based on a microprocessor , so it really is using the latest erm in advanced microtechnology . |
| 5 | In patients with adenoma the incidence was increased to 9.8% ( p=0.068 ) , and in those with carcinoma it was 18.6% ( p= 0.0008 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ We run a proficiency award scheme and would like that to continue because there ought to be an award for young anglers in particular to show they are not just good anglers but caring conservationists as well , ’ said Peter . |