Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] vain " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Collector felt no confidence at all that her child had not been made in vain . |
| 2 | Now , little more than sixty years later , with the Empire admittedly gone and only too many ‘ works ’ closed down , but with little of eternity used up , the brow of every hill in England may be searched in vain for the sight of a plough team . |
| 3 | The voices of the old guard will be raised against this striking new departure , but they will be raised in vain . |
| 4 | We yield on parley but are stormed in vain . |
| 5 | ‘ Did I hear my name being taken in vain ? ’ he said lightly , his blue gaze flicking quickly to Belinda 's face and away again . |
| 6 | Compton This and Compton That were explored in vain , even Compton Scorpion . |
| 7 | She was loved in vain by W. B. Yeats [ q.v . ] . |