Example sentences of "have [verb] in [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have looked in vain for any evidence that the woman concerned was not herself American . ) |
| 2 | For example , it was no wonder that scholars have searched in vain for Mount Horeb on Sinai since it should be Harib — and this is to be found in the Yemen area . |
| 3 | I have searched in vain for a weak performance in these ‘ Rouge et Noir ’ sets . |
| 4 | Moreover , we have agreed in full to the pay review body 's recommendations on how to fund the doctors ' new contracts . |
| 5 | Since it first appeared , Althusser 's work has attracted a great deal of attention , and his opponents have focussed in particular on his holist stance . |
| 6 | ( i ) There is no purely objective way of determining a statistical norm : as a matter of both convenience and practical necessity we have to rely in general on relative norms . |
| 7 | SIR — There has been a great play made of the impact of the minimum wage factor in the Social Chapter , but I have waited in vain for any reference to the other and more far reaching elements . |
| 8 | The prevailing value system suggests that it is only if you have paid in full for what you receive that you fully deserve to have it . |