Example sentences of "try [verb] [pers pn] with [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Always the perfect aide , Serrigny tried to distract him with Rabelaisian reminiscences from army life of twenty years ago . |
| 2 | She tried to imagine him with blue eyes , or brown — or even grey , like her own ; but she could n't . |
| 3 | Clare told me he 'd taken rather a lot of convincing — once he 'd determined to do the slightly naff champagne-pyramid stunt in the first place — not to try doing it with proper champagne flutes but to use the perry glasses like everybody else did ; too tall , too unstable otherwise . |
| 4 | Do I sometimes try to link it with similar materials , providing for experience of solving similar problems ? |
| 5 | They are very difficult to destroy although the enemy may try to attack them with other engines of war , large monsters or magic for example . |
| 6 | The vendor 's and the purchaser 's accountants were then to review the sales figure and try to agree it with each other : and , if they disagreed , which they did , a third accountant was to determine the figure . |
| 7 | Now I feel so embarrassed and wish I did n't have breasts at all , or I try to hide them with baggy T-shirts . |
| 8 | This short sleeved trouser suit looks cool and elegant in pastel pink — try wearing it with dark colours , and stand out in the crowd . |
| 9 | With very fine seed try mixing it with fine silver sand to ensure the seeds are not sown too closely . |
| 10 | One possibility would be for the analyst to invent a large number of sentences and try saying them with different intonation patterns ( i.e. different combinations of head and tone ) , noting what attitude was supposed to correspond to the intonation in each case ; of course , the results are then very subjective , and based on an artificial performance that has little resemblance to conversational speech . |
| 11 | Rachel has started packing up to leave , and I try to divert her with more coffee . |
| 12 | But no , this ai n't Alvin Stardust , and anyone who tries to lump me with these people gets the wrath of Harley straight on their head . ’ |
| 13 | Has some moron tried to strengthen them with yellowing tape ? |
| 14 | he tries to do it with one finger but he 's just not quite strong enough |
| 15 | She was trying to open it with one hand , while the other held the bearskin to her breasts , when Guy reached down and retrieved her shift . |
| 16 | So a stallion may respond to punishment from us by trying to kick us with greater determination instead . |
| 17 | A non-artist songwriter will need a music publisher who can promote his or her writers , songs aggressively , trying to place them with major recording stars . |