Example sentences of "have tried [to-vb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | We come therefore to synthesise the ideas I had tried to put over in the preceding chapters . |
| 2 | However , Braithwaite , which specialises in plant hire , had tried to take over Samuelson , the film equipment hire company bought by Eagle in 1987 . |
| 3 | All these activities suddenly came to an end when Chiang Kai-shek broke with the Communists after the USSR had tried to take over the KMT . |
| 4 | But then , what if Siward had tried to take over Scotia ? ’ |
| 5 | Rosa had been crying then , with the pieces of the plate her mother had tried to smash over her head in front of her at the table , and her mother had put the back of her hand to her daughter 's cheek , as if to test her for fever . |