Example sentences of "[noun prp] tried [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kelly tried to put the self-doubt from her mind . |
| 2 | There is a good account of the way in which the TPLF tried to improve the conditions of women by allowing them to form associations such as the Adi Hageray Women 's Association . |
| 3 | Fernando tried to slow the pace and Ruth clung to him breathlessly . |
| 4 | As Gower tried to bury the misery of rejection in the preparations for his wedding to Thorrun Nash in Winchester Cathedral in a fortnight , he admitted : ‘ My words have come back to haunt me . ’ |
| 5 | Every time Jim tried to pass the Ford moved up close to the Renault 's rear bumper , or rather the towbar protruding from it , and Jim was forced to ease back again . |
| 6 | When Nintendo tried to buy the Seattle Mariners baseball team a huge row broke out over possible Japanese ownership . |
| 7 | The airline 's purchase of a 30% stake and management control of Aerolineas Argentinas and its domestic-airline subsidiary , Austral , was plagued by disagreements with local investors and by strikes when Iberia tried to trim the group 's bloated labour force . |
| 8 | Anne and Sarah tried to keep the peace but Miss Meers was a slave driver , and would never allow them to stand still for a moment . |
| 9 | Moscow tried to encourage the non-aligned states to commit themselves in this region to the ‘ gradual curtailment of distinct forms of military-political cooperation … the non-creation of new forms of multilateral and bilateral alliances , the non-adoption of military functions by non-military regional organisations ’ . |
| 10 | The year after this Act was passed , Tory MP Winston Churchill tried to extend the scope of the Obscene Publications Act so that it would apply to television . |
| 11 | Mazzin tried to impose the same treatment on us . |
| 12 | Kant tried to link the idea of numerically identical particulars with the idea of one space and one time , both conceived by him as the a priori forms of our intuition . |
| 13 | Donna tried to raise the .38 , anxious to get a shot at him , but he knocked her hand down and the gun discharged into the floor . |
| 14 | After his return in 1471 Edward tried to limit the damage to the Stanleys by modifying Gloucester 's grant . |
| 15 | After his return in 1471 Edward tried to limit the damage to the Stanleys by modifying Gloucester 's grant . |
| 16 | When they came into contact with the rock face , Corti tried to bite the snow , saying , ‘ Hungry . ’ |
| 17 | The next few hours were spent in a daze while Lucy tried to disentangle the confusion in her bewildered mind . |
| 18 | In the end the PLO tried to replace the Patriotic Front with a right-wing alternative of its own . |
| 19 | ‘ The PLO tried to sabotage the departure of the Muslims . |
| 20 | Sylvie tried to delay the moment of her departure . |
| 21 | As in the case of Cubism , Apollinaire tried to give the word as much of an all-inclusive meaning as possible : ‘ Orphism has already been talked about a great deal . |
| 22 | Kruger tried to brush the dart from his robe . |
| 23 | Bernice tried to recall the initial lessons that Cheryl had given her , soon after the TARDIS had landed on Belial . |
| 24 | As Bernice tried to read the next line , Ell moved forward and stamped on the creature . |
| 25 | Biddy tried to explain the good news to my sister , but the poor woman could not understand . |
| 26 | On Jan 4 Swamy apologized to the House , while Chandra Shekhar tried to defuse the crisis for his government by assuring MPs that Parliament was supreme and that the Speaker 's rights would be protected . |
| 27 | Sampdoria coach Sven-Goran Eriksson tried to diffuse the ill-feeling by saying : ‘ There were several situations involving Batty but my players were n't angels either . |
| 28 | Three times Mr Bond tried to avoid the bankruptcy petition being served on him , once in a car chase through Perth and twice by going abroad . |
| 29 | Ruth tried to soften the blow . |
| 30 | Ruth tried to steer the conversation into other channels . |