Example sentences of "[verb] never [adv] tried " in BNC.

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1 It is just possible that you are one of those rare people who has never seriously tried to diet .
2 As with so many worldly matters , it was Lawrence who had introduced me to the gravel and grain method of 241 humane culling , but only the theory of it ; I 'd never yet tried it in the field .
3 She 'd never deliberately tried to grab a man 's attention before .
4 ‘ We 've never really tried to have a proposition , ’ says Abbott .
5 Four years we 've been apart , and you 've never once tried to get in touch with me .
6 They had never even tried it until she had first seen Alain and now it seemed that every step she took was to be supervised .
7 The force , the weight and heat of Fenna 's will was no small thing , and Maggie had never before tried to resist it .
8 Now I had never before tried to regress anyone to a time when they were under the influence of anaesthetic , but I decided to do so on this occasion .
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