Example sentences of "as [pron] tried [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Playing with the selectors challenged my mathematics as I tried to work out the exact number of available tones , but let's just say there should be something here for virtually every style of player . |
| 2 | A YOUNG policewoman was fighting for life early today after being stabbed three times as she tried to break up an argument . |
| 3 | The police were attacked as they tried to break up a crowd of about 10,000 people gathered in a field at Sidlow Bridge , near Reigate , Surrey . |
| 4 | Norman Dale , 50 , was struck down as he tried to pick up a cup of tea . |
| 5 | In her motherly concerned way , she was cosseting him as he tried to pick up the pieces of his life . |
| 6 | The agent hesitated as he tried to read out the name of the Russian ship from the bill of laden in his hand . |