Example sentences of "tried [to-vb] [pers pn] from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They tried to eject him from the podium . |
| 2 | Dalgliesh got out of the Jaguar and tried to extricate him from the pushchair , but the anatomy of the chair momentarily defeated him . |
| 3 | Anyway , the outcome was that the other members tried to expel him from the branch . |
| 4 | Frost 's friends stormed out of court , followed by police who tried to disperse them from the court car park . |
| 5 | In 1657 Crofton tried to bar him from the pulpit , as a heretic and troublemaker . |
| 6 | With Southampton trailing 2-1 and desperate for an equaliser , he grabbed the fan around the head and tried to drag him from the pitch . |
| 7 | Several times the cottage tried to throw me from the scuffle boards , one night she succeeded , I got a badly twisted ankle . |