Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [pers pn] in [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says a man tried to abduct her in similar circumstances around the time of the murder . |
| 2 | I tried to help them in other ways , too . |
| 3 | Cambridge liked undergraduates reading theology to have two years over the work and believed that if they tried to do it in fourteen months they would do it superficially , or else they would be sure to hurt themselves by overwork . |
| 4 | And the mothers had to do it in those days , half a crown to do all the washing for this woman . |
| 5 | He also wanted to dress her in warm wraps , soft furs and the finest of leather boots . |