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no avail VB

be of no avail VB

of no avail

be made to no avail VB

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Butcher offers him a chance to walk away, but to no avail.
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Goals in short-supply, numerous players were tried in the centre-forward role, to no avail.
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He attempts to smuggle out the DAT tape containing crucial audio evidence of the assassination, but to no avail as he is frisked and dismissed.
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Under this advantageous situation, they break out during the night and comb the palace in search of the laurel wreath but to no avail.
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He tries to fall back asleep, thinking that it is a dream, but to no avail.
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Growers tried to bring this bee into other growing locales, to no avail.
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I told him of my instructions from H.Q. but all to no avail.
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During dinner that night, the boys try to cover up the fact that the bike was stolen, but to no avail.
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Various attempts to recover the bodies of the four were made to no avail.
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In desperation, he went to the Seychelles to try to rescue the situation, but to no avail.
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