Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [pron] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ERIC Butler , a charity worker , fought back with his swordstick when a mugger tried to strangle him on the London Underground in 1987 . |
| 2 | When I prised her off and tried to stand her on the floor she kept rocking back and sitting on her tail , then falling over sideways and lying there like a stuffed parrot . |
| 3 | She tried to find herself on the map , but the printed boulevards and blocks writhed whenever she looked up at the street , making new patterns . |
| 4 | He tried to flog it on the bus |
| 5 | Well I tried to fix them on the door and they would n't stay |
| 6 | He stopped and turned her towards him and tried to kiss her on the mouth . |
| 7 | If you tried to pat her on the shoulder and say ‘ There , there , ’ anything might happen . |
| 8 | When all is said and done , the attraction of earning a living playing a sport you enjoy is a strong one and it is not hard to understand why some players have to try to make it on the Tour . |
| 9 | So he tried to show them on the piano . |
| 10 | At one extreme , it is possible to try to commit everything on the tape to paper . |
| 11 | I 'll try to lose myself on the way into the factory . ’ |
| 12 | They may try to nail it on the perch again but nobody will believe it is still alive . |
| 13 | I tell you what we 'll do , we 'll try to find someone on the way who knows the counter-spell and send him back to wake the Gnomes up . ’ |
| 14 | Suddenly he 'd arch his back like a twig in a furnace , scraping his stockinged feet for purchase , then take his head in both hands and try to smash it on the floor , only prevented by the cushions . |
| 15 | I said she 's tried to keep you on a string just in case she did n't land the next fish . |
| 16 | I said she , she might well come back to you I said she 's tried to keep you on a string just in case she did n't land the next dish he looked horrified , you know , as far as he 's concerned its all love and glamour . |
| 17 | In spite of trying to help them on the voyage , Margery was left alone at Dover . |
| 18 | Susan trying to kiss me on the arse right and I fucking farted ! |
| 19 | I 've had a couple of stormy sessions with the old rascal trying to keep him on the beam . ’ |
| 20 | if it 's really tight , slipping the clutch in first and what I 'm trying to do is I 'm trying to control it on the accelerator , you ca n't do it . |
| 21 | Mind , he 'd crashed in on the situation pretty damn quickly , stepping in and being nice to her almost before she had dried her eyes , trying to get her on the rebound . |
| 22 | he gets fed up trying to get it on the drive |
| 23 | They 're trying to blame it on the parents but you do n't get a set of |
| 24 | ‘ Yeah , and a long memory ; I still have n't forgiven you for not trying to rescue me on the ice that time . ’ |
| 25 | And now you 're trying to choke yourself on a drink of juice . |