Example sentences of "they tried [to-vb] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the number of these specialists increased , they tried to use the idea of evolution as a means of giving their disciplines a vague unity , thus creating the first science of ‘ biology ’ . |
| 2 | This life-principle was very important to the early alchemists : they saw it as so real that , not only did they consider all entities to be made up of differing proportions of dead matter and life force ( spirit ) , they tried to use the spirit as , in essence , just one more chemical . |
| 3 | ‘ But you were already with Zacco when they tried to kill the demoiselle at Kalopetra , ’ the youth said . |
| 4 | What I can also tell you is that Lucy 's engaged the erm British Cast Iron Research Association to carry out a survey , and they tried to repeat the circumstances of the explosion , and they could n't do so . |
| 5 | They tried to enlarge the territory of their state , which was perhaps essential if they were to survive . |
| 6 | One fire engine was damaged as crews used it as a barrier while they tried to extinguish the fire in the building 's upper floor and roof . |
| 7 | He started in political life as he meant to go on , sympathising with ‘ Action Francaise ’ and making his first political gesture at the age of 26 as one of the threatening , right-wing mob who were driven back by police gunfire when they tried to storm the Chamber of Deputies in February 1934 . |
| 8 | They tried to grab the cash from him and knocked him to the ground . |
| 9 | Police were last night waiting to examine the wreckage of the car , a Vauxhall Cavalier , as they tried to establish the cause of the accident . |
| 10 | But when they tried to disarm the other with spray foam , it went off and police and dogs were called out . |
| 11 | Instead of acting instantly in the ‘ greater interested of the game ’ and convincing Dubroca to do the honourable thing — which would have cut short the entire argument — they tried to sweep the story under the carpet . |