Example sentences of "[adv] try [verb] [pron] from the " in BNC.
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1 | I wince every time I watch a two-stroke apparently trying to tear itself from the mountings . |
2 | I just tried to defend myself from the blows . ’ |
3 | And so , although she had hated having to do it , Laura had forced herself to write a long letter to Ross , saying how very much she loved and missed him — and could n't they still try to salvage something from the wreck of their marriage ? |
4 | The Victoria and Albert Museum is still trying to disassociate itself from the ignominious failure of the exhibition of sporting trophies through the ages . |
5 | Earlier , Buckingham Palace again tried to distance itself from the riddle . |
6 | We also tested a sample of autistic children in the chocolate-finding task and found that they were again behaving just like the three-year-olds : going to the baited box for twenty trials , despite wanting to win chocolates and occasionally trying to filch them from the experimenter 's bag . |