Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [pers pn] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says a man tried to abduct her in similar circumstances around the time of the murder . |
| 2 | I tried to help them in other ways , too . |
| 3 | Sometimes at least they seem to have reported to Stockholm independently of the chief under whom they served ; and in the later years of the eighteenth century Gustavus III sometimes tried to use them in this way as agents of a secret personal diplomacy . |
| 4 | Cambridge liked undergraduates reading theology to have two years over the work and believed that if they tried to do it in fourteen months they would do it superficially , or else they would be sure to hurt themselves by overwork . |
| 5 | My legacy to my children would be not to try to influence them in any way as to what they should study . |
| 6 | Voluntary organisations took mainly ‘ first offenders ’ and tried to place them in domestic service . |
| 7 | Was there an intention to try to blackmail her in some way as well as Derek ? |
| 8 | Since h(n) is not known during the search we can try to estimate it in some way . |
| 9 | But try to implicate me in any way — or use me as a trade-off- and it 'll be added to the police clear-up rate faster than the eye can follow . |
| 10 | Try to meet them in non-political situations and when you do not want anything from them . |
| 11 | It is quite reasonable for someone to draw on specific groups and try to understand particular pieces of action , to use a wider theoretical framework in which to place these actions and try to understand them in this way . |
| 12 | " Dull for the telephone men , I 'm afraid , " I said , " but try to keep them in good heart . |
| 13 | Lowell had tried to form her in that woman 's image . |
| 14 | It has several aspects , including : ( a ) the range of options offered to the teacher is crucial in fitting the program to his style and enabling him to contribute effectively , but too many will be confusing ( b ) the designer may see a whole range of possible extensions to the teaching possibilities of the program : the lengthy development process of all good teaching units makes such extensions attractive but trying to include them in one program will tend to make it difficult to ‘ see through ’ and to use ( c ) the desire for compatibility with different hardware configurations often inspires programming constraints that can be severe ; conversely , programs that fully exploit the facilities of a particular microcomputer are likely to be difficult to transfer . |
| 15 | This whole issue about er children , junior church , other activities , children being compromised , adults finding it difficult to insist or persuade their children , that they should be in junior church , when other folks are trying to tempt them in other directions . |
| 16 | ‘ What were you trying to teach me in this Lord ? ’ |
| 17 | I do n't yet know what their comments will be and I ‘ m not trying to influence them in one direction or another . |
| 18 | Perhaps there were good reasons for trying to outwit him in this way ? |