Example sentences of "he try [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to sit casually on the edge of his desk , farted loudly and stood up again . |
| 2 | " Not bad — not bad at all , " replied Joseph hurriedly and he tried to lean back against the cushions in the same careless fashion as his brother while the two rickshaws rolled on together side by side through the light traffic . |
| 3 | Then he tried smiling back at the serious-faced child , for this must surely be a tease . |
| 4 | He wanted to roar out James 's name , his own name , to scream for help , he tried to pull up on the sill but his fingers scrabbled uselessly and he dropped back . |
| 5 | He tried to think back to the first Mystery he had seen , but he could only remember ‘ Eve ’ as that unshaven , white-skinned man who had left them outside the lock-up in Greathaven and gone to find work on the boats . |
| 6 | Ever a Walter Mitty character , he tried to get back into the CIA fold , but after the North fiasco they did not want to know him . |
| 7 | He tried to get back to the drawing room unheard , but she was waiting . |
| 8 | Hayes next hit Roger Ford just above the glove as he tried to get out of the way , and was out lbw ; 384 for 9 . |
| 9 | If he tries to climb out into the air as inexperienced people endeavour to do , he drowns … |