Example sentences of "try [to-vb] she [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One day , as I tried to serve her on the quiet , two deep meaningful coughs from behind me raised the small hairs on my neck . |
| 2 | The crew tried to sail her through a narrow gap at a bridge in Purton . |
| 3 | For a bit , she tried to turn Yeats into a warrior , and he tried to turn her into a high priestess of the Celtic mysteries — and thus , of course , into a ‘ moderate ’ . |
| 4 | Dr Rossdale said he tried to wean her off the sleeping tablets . |
| 5 | Cati went in to Rosa , who lay gripping the down coverlet , to cram it into her face and muffle her sobs ; she climbed up next to her , and stroked her head , and tried to cradle her with a thin arm across her shaking shoulders and felt herself going dry in her throat and choked up too ; Rosa twisted , her red face glowered up at Cati . |
| 6 | I tried to tell her about the horrible man on the doorstep but she would n't listen . |
| 7 | ‘ I tried to tell her in a matter-of-fact way that when you die you leave your body behind and go to Heaven . |
| 8 | She found herself talking about her father — the way he had brought her up alone , how he had tried to dissuade her from a racing career . |
| 9 | I 'm sorry , you know , the woman , I , er , I 've tried to tell her in no uncertain terms there |
| 10 | He was trying to put her in the wrong again . |