Example sentences of "tried [to-vb] she [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 One day , as I tried to serve her on the quiet , two deep meaningful coughs from behind me raised the small hairs on my neck .
2 The crew tried to sail her through a narrow gap at a bridge in Purton .
3 For a bit , she tried to turn Yeats into a warrior , and he tried to turn her into a high priestess of the Celtic mysteries — and thus , of course , into a ‘ moderate ’ .
4 Dr Rossdale said he tried to wean her off the sleeping tablets .
5 Cati went in to Rosa , who lay gripping the down coverlet , to cram it into her face and muffle her sobs ; she climbed up next to her , and stroked her head , and tried to cradle her with a thin arm across her shaking shoulders and felt herself going dry in her throat and choked up too ; Rosa twisted , her red face glowered up at Cati .
6 I tried to tell her about the horrible man on the doorstep but she would n't listen .
7 ‘ I tried to tell her in a matter-of-fact way that when you die you leave your body behind and go to Heaven .
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