Example sentences of "when [pron] tried [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could not forget how the village people had hurt me when I tried to go into the house there . |
| 2 | Nathan was a simpleton : fat-faced and cretinous , with a drooly mouth and a silly smile , and when he tried to join in the hymns he made a terrible braying noise because he was turning into a man much too early . |
| 3 | An elderly man , who was walking his pet , collapsed when he tried to beat off the Rottweiler . |
| 4 | That night , Seb had so much to drink that when he tried to rise from the ground beside the camp-fire to return home his legs felt like rubber and he sat down again unexpectedly . |
| 5 | The former soldier grew even angrier when he tried to cut through the metal with the hacksaw but failed . |
| 6 | A paying guest was killed when he tried to get to the bar on the first floor by an emergency staircase . |
| 7 | But when he tried to get into the maternity wing he found the doors were locked . |