Example sentences of "tried make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the gloom did n't lift , so she tried to make a triumph of running away , but even that had lost its glory . |
| 2 | Betjeman always loathed Lewis thereafter , though as they got older they both tried to make a bit of a joke about it . |
| 3 | I tried to make a bonfire with them on the lawn . |
| 4 | Culley tried to make a tune of it . |
| 5 | Really , I moved into a building site and tried to make a life while work was in progress ! |
| 6 | I mean if they really sort of tried to make a story out of it and they could n't , they contacted the council offices and everyone was on holiday or nobody 'd answer the phone or what normally happens at council offices , they 'd say ‘ Oh , well , sod this , ’ and they 'd go away and they 'd do the , you know , write it up in a really nasty way so |
| 7 | Some of us , some of us tried to make a plea and I hope we will try , still try to make a plea that there should be a significant Roman Catholic er , element within the membership of the World Council of Churches in the future . |
| 8 | But , once they had arrived in large numbers , they tried to make a reporter 's life as easy as possible , providing basic material about the country and the war , easy access to military experts and well-protected trips to watch the fighting . |
| 9 | Christianity tried to make a reconciliation with the father for the crime against him , but it ended by putting the son in place of the father . |
| 10 | In today 's attack one of the shot workmen was hit as he tried to make a run for it at Gortree Park where a major housing renovation scheme has been under way since before Christmas . |
| 11 | Someone tried to make a golf course in the water meadows ; another tried to run it as a pub , and put close-fitting carpets over the flags . |
| 12 | She tried to make a movement of resistance , but it only seemed to aid the passage of his touch . |
| 13 | I do n't get the impression that they tried to make a statement by getting more and more obscure . |
| 14 | Ernest and Rosie tried to make a start on the repairs , but by then she had discovered that she was pregnant , and Ernest would not let her do any work that might involve strenuous effort . |
| 15 | At first I tried to make a comparison between a large northern comprehensive school and a smaller London church school . |
| 16 | ‘ And Spacemen 3 tried to make a career out of it . ’ |
| 17 | He tried to make a connection between this and something he had heard , or read , about the illusion of the face in a looking-glass in that famous picture — by Goya was it , or Velasquez — some Spaniard , no — was Velasquez Spanish , was n't he making a mistake there , was n't he Italian ? |
| 18 | The prison chaplain came to me in my cell and tried to make a bargain with me . |
| 19 | It is almost certain that he would have had to take evasive action to miss Roddymoor 's houses and likely too that he tried to make a pond to douse the licking flames . |
| 20 | According to the defendants ' version of events , a women had approached Khmara for help , claiming that a man had attacked her ; Khmara and his companions then tried to make a citizen 's arrest on the man , unaware that he was a KGB officer . |
| 21 | On each occasion the Irishman tried to make a comeback , his back would break down . |
| 22 | He tried to make a set which could be taken on a motor bike . |
| 23 | First he threw down his training bib , then he tried to make a point to coaches Dino Zoff and Giancarlo Oddi . |
| 24 | But he looked so hurt that she tried to make a joke of it , |
| 25 | Instead , he tried to make a joke of it . |
| 26 | I tried to make a joke out of it . |
| 27 | I tried to make a joke out of it . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , ’ he tried to make a joke of it . |