Example sentences of "tried [to-vb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inzamam-ul-Haq ducked into his first ball and took it around the shoulder , and while a helmet was being fetched , he tried to pull the next and merely splice it up for a return catch to Malcolm , who later disclosed that , being some way short of the top 100 fielders in the land , he could only murmur , ‘ Oh , my Lord , who 's going to take that catch ? ’ |
| 2 | She held the envelope to the light , squinting at it with one eye while she tried to read the first paragraph . |
| 3 | As Bernice tried to read the next line , Ell moved forward and stamped on the creature . |
| 4 | ( If you tried to swap the last column of a table without doing so you would jumble up your text ) |
| 5 | Sweden tried to take the first initiative only two days after the ending of the Maudling negotiations , inviting other states to send representatives to Stockholm to discuss how their trade policies might be better coordinated . |