Example sentences of "trying [to-vb] through [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gurgling noise was the rattling of Thomas trying to breathe through a restricted windpipe . |
| 2 | It 's like trying to breathe through a thick chador . ’ |
| 3 | Getting rid of me had proved too much for him and he was now trying to force through a muddled compromise . |
| 4 | In the case of Formen , Marx is trying to break through the capitalist concept of property . |
| 5 | ‘ The real problem is once again the Government is trying to rush through a complex pattern of assessment without the resources or time to give it the proper foundations . |