Example sentences of "[pers pn] try [to-vb] [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to give her the kiss of life . |
| 2 | And I think they tried to drug me the night before I rode Shine On at York . ’ |
| 3 | He only mentioned his wife to tell me he 'd just bought her something new to wear and he tried to give me the impression his brother-in-law was something of a poor fish because he could n't make ends meet . ’ |
| 4 | And then he tried to give us the slip and run off . |
| 5 | She 'd found her wallet of credit cards and flourished it under his nose , every fibre of her being poised to defy him if he tried to deny her the right to pay . |