Example sentences of "try [to-vb] you [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to phone you during the week and mum said where is my little son ? |
| 2 | And why should I try to throw you off the scent ? |
| 3 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | After a long few seconds Karelius said , ‘ I can see it 's no use trying to convince you of the way I feel . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |