Example sentences of "[pron] tried [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it took our model 's breath away when she tried on the ring … its facets sparkling like a waterfall around the dimly-lit room . |
| 2 | Reaching Blairgowrie , the small town nearest the slopes of Glenshee , Shannon stopped to collect the ski equipment she 'd hired in advance , feeling patently ridiculous as she tried on the heavy boots for size . |
| 3 | At Matilda 's insistence she tried on the gown then and there , even forgetting her tattered shift until her old dress was whisked away . |
| 4 | Well try the the one you tried in the first equation |
| 5 | ‘ We tried for the best part of 18 months to get Dowty to agree to a friendly deal , but both the old chairman , Lord Harrowby , and the new chairman , Roy Roberts , refused . |
| 6 | ‘ That is a model we tried in the 1960s , and it failed , ’ she said . |
| 7 | It felt it on the first morning when it came in and I sat on it , I thought well I 'm sure it did n't feel like the one we tried in the shop did n't feel like this but |
| 8 | you know they went and they tried for the erm flying business . |
| 9 | When he came back , he tried for the Anglican priesthood and was rejected . ’ |
| 10 | The Shah detested the way in which mossadeq rather than he was coming to symbolize Iran , and he tried in the summer of 1952 to remove him from office . |
| 11 | Down the third row of stones he tried in the garden of remembrance , he found the spot where Heather had raised the camera to her eye and captured the second image in the sequence he was seeking to follow . |