Example sentences of "tried not [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried not to lie to the child , as she had been lied to . |
| 2 | Luce made a sweeping gesture with one arm and tried not to wince at the pain . |
| 3 | She tried not to smile at the wording , and then she handed it back . |
| 4 | He tried not to think of the shock his sister had expressed so strongly when he had told her of his intentions . |
| 5 | Guy leaned back against the hut door , dragging the cold night air into his lungs , and tried not to think of the anguish in Isabel 's white face , of the tears drowning her luminous grey eyes . |
| 6 | The sky was aflame and though she tried not to think of the sunsets from Fernando 's cliff-top it was virtually impossible . |
| 7 | Zambia tried not to think of the future . |
| 8 | He tried not to think about the time , six months ahead , when his grant would finish and he would need to find work . |
| 9 | He tried not to look at the screens . |
| 10 | She tried not to look at the glass on the pink marble top of the wash-stand , empty , a sticky red stain at the bottom . |
| 11 | Charles tried not to look like the outcast he was feeling and quickened his pace to simulate important last minute business at the Officers ' Mess . |