Example sentences of "try [to-vb] he [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They tried to eject him from the podium . |
| 2 | Italian club Torino tried to tempt him to the land of loads of lira , but Nigel 's mother put the block on that move . |
| 3 | I dived towards the scarlet streaks and touched him at once , but there was no movement in him , and when I tried to pull him to the surface , I could n't . |
| 4 | Our men tried to shoot him in the water , but it was dark , there was no moon — and we lost him . |
| 5 | Dalgliesh got out of the Jaguar and tried to extricate him from the pushchair , but the anatomy of the chair momentarily defeated him . |
| 6 | But I 've got a lot of time for Tom Clarke , he 's a nice man and it would be absolutely disgusting if anyone tried to dump him at the moment . ’ |
| 7 | Anyway , the outcome was that the other members tried to expel him from the branch . |
| 8 | On one occasion , they tried to interest him in the piano but that finished within three weeks with two surprises . |
| 9 | She and Keith 's distraught fiancee Ann Sole desperately tried to save him with the kiss of life and heart massage . |
| 10 | In 1657 Crofton tried to bar him from the pulpit , as a heretic and troublemaker . |
| 11 | He then tried to toss him in the air . |
| 12 | As he approached the water she begged him to come with her and tried to drag him into the sea . |
| 13 | With Southampton trailing 2-1 and desperate for an equaliser , he grabbed the fan around the head and tried to drag him from the pitch . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | I tried to picture him under the sheet . |
| 16 | She must persuade him of her good intentions — for it had never crossed her mind that she would not repay him — but she must also try to convince him of the seriousness of her situation and persuade him to grant her a bit of leeway . |
| 17 | His breathing is laboured in that heavy way which so often heralds the end , and as you grip his hand to let him know that he is not alone , you try to love him as the Lord himself would do . |
| 18 | I roll off my own bank , and try to follow him with the pipper . |
| 19 | I should have kept my temper , she thought frantically ; I should never have tried to push him into the stream in the first place . |
| 20 | Far from moderating his condemnation of Mansell 's start-line performance in Estoril the previous week , the world champion stuck to his allegation that Mansell had deliberately tried to push him off the track . |
| 21 | Immediately , Belinda was beside him , reaching up tenderly with one hand while trying to support him with the other . |
| 22 | The prize , however , was taken by the Lithuanian who decided to liven up Roger Payne 's ascent of Comes The Dervish by trying to pull him off the crux . |
| 23 | His friends and colleagues were trying to persuade him at the time that this would not be wise — what on earth would happen to the British election campaign if the country had to go to war in the Gulf half-way through ? |
| 24 | She justifies her response by saying that she is merely ‘ … trying to protect him from the rest of the class ; you know , children ( my emphasis ) can be so cruel ’ . |
| 25 | I 've had a couple of stormy sessions with the old rascal trying to keep him on the beam . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The same letter also indicates how certain heterosexual anxieties structured in and by sexual difference are projected by Lawrence on to the homosexual , a move which his critics sometimes follow in trying to save him from the taint of homosexual desire . |
| 28 | On May 18th 60 members had a long session with Howard Pastor , the White House head of congressional liaison , trying to convince him of the need for further cuts . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't care , ’ mumbled Perdita , trying to bite him through the towel . |
| 30 | Desperately she kicked backwards like a buck rabbit , trying to get him in the groin . |