Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps Friday was still a wild man and would try to kill me in the night . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm suggesting , ’ she lied smoothly , ‘ that he may not wish to risk his career by fighting a duel , but instead might try to kill you during a battle . ’ |
| 3 | Do I try to see it from the laibon 's point of view ? |
| 4 | They may try to nail it on the perch again but nobody will believe it is still alive . |
| 5 | As a comment on Eve 's lofty nature she notes that the serpent ‘ did not try to tempt her from the path of duty by brilliant jewels , rich dresses , worldly luxuries or pleasures , but with the promise of knowledge … and he found in the woman that intense thirst for knowledge that the simple pleasures of picking flowers and talking with Adam did not satisfy ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ They will try to shoot us in the light from the door . ’ |
| 7 | He 'd try to sneak us into the zoo without paying and we 'd get caught and taken down to the Police Station . |
| 8 | Let us try to reduce it to a set of propositions as we did with extract ( 2 ) . |
| 9 | Or where do I — can I write down an address on a piece of paper and I will try to mail them from the hotel . |
| 10 | Not even Tim Wilson would try to question me about the Mahoney shooting . |
| 11 | He thought of patching things up , but felt she would try to force him to an affair in some unwomanly way . |
| 12 | I do n't think I can find her lodgings , but I could try to get her into a home . |
| 13 | One could try to approach it with the notion of spheres of competence . |
| 14 | I have studied various maps of the county and a number of documents without being able to pin-point the location of this manor , but will try to place it by the clues I have been able to deduce . |
| 15 | She must persuade him of her good intentions — for it had never crossed her mind that she would not repay him — but she must also try to convince him of the seriousness of her situation and persuade him to grant her a bit of leeway . |
| 16 | I wanted to double up all Wavebreaker 's standing rigging , just in case we did try to take her across the ocean . |
| 17 | Johanna Carrie and Christina McInally will try to involve you in the traumas of turning research results into a coherent report that people might want to read . |
| 18 | Why did they not rather try to recruit them into the STA in some way , as a separate women 's branch for instance , as in the past ? |
| 19 | And why should I try to throw you off the scent ? |