Example sentences of "try [to-vb] you [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to phone you during the week and mum said where is my little son ? |
| 2 | It felt like Checkpoint Charlie , but in fact no one tried to stop you except the alkies lurching up off their piss-stained benches with some story about needing the bus fare back home to Sheffield . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm suggesting , ’ she lied smoothly , ‘ that he may not wish to risk his career by fighting a duel , but instead might try to kill you during a battle . ’ |
| 4 | Johanna Carrie and Christina McInally will try to involve you in the traumas of turning research results into a coherent report that people might want to read . |
| 5 | And why should I try to throw you off the scent ? |
| 6 | Making someone who 's tried to humiliate you into a figure of fun is far more effective than shouting . |
| 7 | I said she 's tried to keep you on a string just in case she did n't land the next fish . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Tell a grown-up you trust if anyone frightens you or tries to touch you in a way which makes you feel unsafe . |
| 10 | ‘ I have tried to tell you in the past — at least to make you see — I am not fit for marriage , do n't you understand ? ’ |
| 11 | The judge may have tried to throw you with an interruption partly because you were reading your argument in a monotonous way . |
| 12 | I , too , felt our meeting in Henry 's office was useful and I look forward to trying to provide you with a resource which you will find relevant . |
| 13 | Alan , I 'm sorry if I 'm sort of trying to put you at the end and continue and I I do n't intend it like that . |
| 14 | After a long few seconds Karelius said , ‘ I can see it 's no use trying to convince you of the way I feel . |
| 15 | There was a large pool of unemployed in those days and it seemed to us that no sooner were you in than they were trying to get you off the job . |
| 16 | The man who constantly criticises may be trying to change you into the person he wants you to be , when he should be loving you for the person you are . |