Example sentences of "[pron] tried [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the summer of 1557 , some of them tried to break the stalemate . |
| 2 | One of them tried to jump the ditch and landed on Canny , breaking his neck ( Lincoln Journal , Nebraska 28 December 1987 ) . |
| 3 | A rock jutted out which others had grabbed as they swung down , but as I tried to do the same there was no edge below for my feet and I whimpered pathetically dangling on the end of the rope . |
| 4 | I tried to do the same , and in between sailing my own boat and the occasional cutter duty managed to concentrate enough on my proper job to pass a promotion examination in 1956 . |
| 5 | Having succeeded in making your formulae work for Lotus 1-2-3 and for As-Easy-As I tried to do the same in Excel . |
| 6 | ( ‘ I tried to join the army when I got out of Borstal ’ , said Kev , an 18 year old skin , ‘ Do me bit and see the world and that . |
| 7 | Much nearer home , I tried to join the BBC in Bristol , again as a TV reporter . |
| 8 | I tried to dust the grit off my forearm where it adhered to the sweat . |
| 9 | I tried to banish the idea of a drowned Shelley by conjuring up the memory of Mary stepping into Lake Geneva and looking back at me over her shoulder ; instead came a more ferocious image — that of a gigantic man leaping towards me : not the best picture to help one through these present circumstances . |
| 10 | She added , referring to the two meetings she held with Mr Lawson on the afternoon before he resigned : ‘ I tried to persuade the Chancellor not to go . |
| 11 | When I tried to re-introduce the zero foods my problems were milk and wheat , with milk the main culprit behind my symptoms . |
| 12 | I tried to ignore the problem , but my wife would n't . |
| 13 | Keeping my eyes shut , I tried to ignore the interruption . |
| 14 | In several talks given by myself in both English and Burmese , I tried to emphasise the part which Buddhism could play in the national life . |
| 15 | It was hard to believe twelve stones and I tried to clean the lens . |
| 16 | I tried to turn the tap off but it still dripped . |
| 17 | When I went to see the director of Albanian radio and television , I tried to describe the difference in atmosphere between a British and an Albanian election campaign . |
| 18 | I tried to ask the Prime Minister , in a parliamentary question , to give details of the additional charters in the various service areas which arise directly from his own citizens charter and to say when each of the new charters would be published . |
| 19 | As I sat there with metal ticking away as it cooled and steam rising around the engines , I tried to open the door only to find it jammed . |
| 20 | As I sat there with metal ticking away as it cooled and steam rising around the engines , I tried to open the door only to find it jammed . |
| 21 | The knocking annoyed me so much that I tried to open the window . |
| 22 | I tried to open the window- and I saw the glass . |
| 23 | I tried to hit the nose but my arm did n't move . |
| 24 | I tried to see the people , but no picture would come , although among the shadowy figures might well have been a Peter de Fernborough , later Farmborough , who about that time made his appearance somewhere in the village . |
| 25 | I tried to see the expression on his face , but it was too dark . |
| 26 | I tried to answer the King as well as I could , but he did not think our system was a good one . |
| 27 | Wah , urgh , I tried to argue the point at appeal , erm , if you look up the listing for these properties , er , in the area which back onto the mill stream , it 's all the grounds are listed because it says quite clearly , that in the opinion of , they form a group , and it was one of the reasons which I 'm glad you , well as you can see , this piece of ground is part of a listing , and although this existing permission , we 're looking at it as a clean site , tonight , we 're not looking at what has been passed . |
| 28 | ‘ I tried to put the same sentiment into that landscape as I put into the figure : the convulsive , passionate clinging to the earth , and yet being half torn up by the storm . ’ |
| 29 | I tried to explore the problems Mrs Singh would have in attempting to be a fully participating parent but the educational psychologist seemed to feel that this was a problem common to many Cedars parents . |
| 30 | The wind had risen , blowing the boat ever faster shorewards , and , as Alan wrestled with the oars , I tried to unfankle the heap of floss and flies , catching my tail fly on the bottom of the boat in the process . |