Example sentences of "[noun prp] try [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Edgar tried to get hold of the key , but she threw it quickly into the hottest part of the fire . |
| 2 | At that same January meeting , Apritz tried to sell Sun on the notion of putting Windows NT onto its Sparc RISC . |
| 3 | Four people were killed in Glina in several days of fighting which began on June 26 when Serbs tried to take control of the police station . |
| 4 | At that same January meeting , Maritz tried to sell Sun on the notion of porting Windows NT to its Sparc RISC . |
| 5 | In his more positive ethical viewpoint Butler tries to give sense to the old opinion that one should live according to nature . |
| 6 | General Noriega tried to isolate opposition within the military after a similar coup attempt last year by promoting loyal officers to the important Strategic Military Council and General Staff , and retiring those thought to be less enthusiastic in their support of him . |
| 7 | Then , as Fabia tried to make sense of the menu written in Czech , he looked across to ask , ‘ What would you like ? ’ |