Example sentences of "try [to-vb] he in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our men tried to shoot him in the water , but it was dark , there was no moon — and we lost him . |
| 2 | On one occasion , they tried to interest him in the piano but that finished within three weeks with two surprises . |
| 3 | He then tried to toss him in the air . |
| 4 | ‘ We tried to sign him in the summer that we bought Jim Leighton from Aberdeen , but the money Brondby were asking was out of the question , ’ said Mr Ferguson . |
| 5 | So I smiled nervously and slammed him in the mouth with the metal box , trying to kick him in the groin as he sagged , but his heavy overcoat protected him well . |
| 6 | Desperately she kicked backwards like a buck rabbit , trying to get him in the groin . |