Example sentences of "trying [to-vb] him to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Scottish chaplains spent several months in trying to convert him to Presbyterianism . |
| 2 | She must be trying to lure him to it , the naughty girl . |
| 3 | My son Lio ! rt is trying to hack him to pieces . |
| 4 | I hope that the hon. Member for Beaconsfield will serve on the Committee that will examine the Bill , although I am not trying to condemn him to that if he does not wish to be there , because I think that we might be able to find some common ground . |
| 5 | ‘ But the Thing is trying to get him to be sensible . |
| 6 | So we are trying to introduce him to the larger world . |
| 7 | That , and trying to recruit him to the parents ' Association committee ( which was almost the same thing , as the most active women members were divorcees ) . |