Example sentences of "[conj] try [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Climbing up a steep bank or trying to extricate itself from a mud hole is likely to produce squeals of distress from the infant and the adults nearby will rush over to see what is wrong . |
| 2 | She leaned against the wooden wall , and tried to flatten herself as a tall thin man came out of an adjacent door and turned in her direction . |
| 3 | The elder of the two policemen smiled at Sarah but she dropped her eyes and tried to busy herself at the sink . |
| 4 | The film sped up as Cameron ran out of the building , still in his tailcoat , and tried to lose himself in the streets around the Barbican . |
| 5 | Robyn headed the jeep up the by now familiar track to the barn and tried to get herself into the right frame of mind . |
| 6 | It was just a question of Mind over Matter , I thought , and tried to steel myself against the physical effects of an increasingly rough ride . |
| 7 | You think of the glow of pride that still lingers from your last HVS triumph with embarrassment and try to console yourself with the mitigating circumstances of age , heavy work responsibilities , duty to family , your back problem … |
| 8 | If the book wins , it will control the character and try to deliver itself to a powerful follower of Slaanesh . |