Example sentences of "tried [to-vb] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maradona labelled the authorities of the International Federation of Association Football who tried to enforce his suspension ‘ inhuman robots ’ . |
| 2 | The jousting could not be started and the close combat was soon abandoned as it had become farcical , contestants falling down when they tried to wield their weapons . |
| 3 | As he looked towards the Iconostasis , the wall that is filled with important and unique icons , he tried to re-create his grandfather 's torment , his inner pain and despair . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , you 'll get your chance , I hope , ’ he said wryly , and tried to flex his arms . |
| 5 | On two consecutive years the venue , one used for many conferences , tried to cancel our booking . |
| 6 | Recently , I tried to cancel my appearance at a benefit as my pianist was ill . |
| 7 | Remember the other month , it was in the papers , was n't it ? about them tearing the clothes off that one who tried to queer their pitch ? |
| 8 | He tried to enjoy their company , but there was always that guilt . |
| 9 | I tried to restore my word processor program and the hundred or so files , but after restoring the first disk , the program stopped , giving the error message , ‘ Unable to find path ’ . |
| 10 | He tried to bolster his courage by reciting the reasons for what he was doing : go per cent of them boiled down to a pressing need for money , so pressing that the bank was threatening to foreclose on his mortgage ; the other lo per cent was divided between the desire to do Lorton a good turn and the feeling that the Newleys deserved whatever fate could throw at them . |
| 11 | Mortified , Maudie tried to silence her son . |
| 12 | Robyn swallowed , tried to steady her voice . |
| 13 | Claudia drew a deep breath and tried to steady her nerves . |
| 14 | He bit his lip as he tried to thread his finger through the trigger guard . |
| 15 | A JUDGE yesterday ordered medical reports on a jilted Essex husband who tried to kill his wife . |
| 16 | Nine years for the magistrate who tried to kill his wife . |
| 17 | The magistrate who tried to kill his wife with a home-made gas chamber has been jailed for nine years . |
| 18 | He learns about his father 's weak spirit , which caved in to his mother 's strength ; how his father committed adultery with Harry 's aunt and tried to kill his mother ; how his father deserted the family when Harry was eight years old . |
| 19 | When I came to , I was used as one of their slaves and one of the men tried to kill my father . |
| 20 | There was a smell of lemon like bath-salts and she could hear the slap , slap , slap of flesh against flesh as somebody tried to stimulate her circulation . |
| 21 | Donna tried to quicken her pace , hoping the conductor would do likewise . |
| 22 | A woman 's laughter rang out and Caroline flushed and tried to quicken her step , but the man beside her would not match it . |
| 23 | They went on in this vein for several minutes while Ganem , occasionally shaking his head in disgust , tried to continue his conversation with Coleman . |
| 24 | Three times Balaam tried to drive his donkey along the desert road . |
| 25 | Ken , upset , tried to drive his van through the line of Mr Rowse 's patients : he broke the ankle of an elderly man too feeble to jump out of the way . |
| 26 | Smiling to herself , she listened to the hissed shushing that ensued as Mrs B. tried to impart her news . |
| 27 | I tried to lose my self in you as well . |
| 28 | Straining , she tried to gather her thoughts . |
| 29 | And , while Folly tried to gather her wits for a retort , he turned to the maid . |
| 30 | Corbett tried to gather his wits . |