Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [adv prt] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gascoigne enjoyed good support from Batty , who had another busy game in midfield and rarely allowed the opposition to establish the sort of rhythm they tried to set up at the start , when Boban and Suker tested Woods with low shots after some swift exchanges of passes had succeeded in outmanoeuvring England 's defence . |
| 2 | ‘ Would n't call that huge , ’ said Gedanken trying to squint up at the Sun . |
| 3 | And I said he 's gon na do damage if he 's trying to get up at the door |
| 4 | is the people trying to get out at the end , to see who can get out first |
| 5 | He was across the road and halfway back down Fleet Street before it occurred to him that they had been staring at him like that because they thought he was trying to push in at the head of the queue . |