The employees decided to go on a work-in to protest against the new company policies.

I decided to write-in a candidate who was not on the ballot.

In so far as I understand, he will be attending the meeting.

All our hard work went up in smoke.

For the first time in a while , I slept for 8 hours straight and woke up feeling refreshed.

He was in his glory when he won the championship.

He tried to fix the broken vase, but his efforts were in vain.

She won three races in a row.

Don't count on that promotion, it's just pie in the sky.