Example sentences of "tried [to-vb] through the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to see through the net curtain but he could see nothing . |
| 2 | She twisted herself and tried to see through the buckled plate again . |
| 3 | Strands of early morning mist still clung to the hollows as the sun tried to break through the patchy cloudscape . |
| 4 | As he tried to peer through the impenetrable veil of snow , searching in vain for some landmark or the vague outline of a barn , George 's foot came unexpectedly into contact with a large stone , almost buried in the snow . |
| 5 | After take-off , a miracle I might have thought in other circumstances , the stewardess handed me a sickly sweet fruit drink and I tried to peer through the tight lattice of scratch marks on the window at the Andes , at the snow , at the jungle . |