Example sentences of "try [adv] [to-vb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luce made a sweeping gesture with one arm and tried not to wince at the pain . |
| 2 | She tried not to smile at the wording , and then she handed it back . |
| 3 | He tried not to look at the screens . |
| 4 | She tried not to look at the glass on the pink marble top of the wash-stand , empty , a sticky red stain at the bottom . |
| 5 | There was one other issue which the CEGB tried hard to avoid at the Hinkley C Inquiry . |
| 6 | Athelstan blessed the man , holding his hand , reassuring his good wife that all would be well whilst trying not to look at the blood . |