Example sentences of "try [to-vb] him [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried to see him dispassionately as a grey-haired solicitor rather too well endowed with easy charm ; indeed , she saw him thus , but she also saw him otherwise , and could not help herself . |
| 2 | On each occasion , he became engaged in long disputes with local reporters , some of whom tried to jostle him out of the room . |
| 3 | When Swan heard that Harvey was at the Ministry of Transport , he tried to draw him out on the subject of motorways in Warwickshire , but the junior Minister in charge of roads said that this was not the time or place to discuss the subject . |
| 4 | Half-blinded by blood from his cuts , he put the plane into a dive and somehow managed to land the right side up — despite the appearance of a third enemy plane which tried to polish him off on the way down . |
| 5 | Sitting around in the sun all day , scoffing tons of ice cream is his idea of heaven , though he did get a bit miffed when Greenpeace tried to push him back into the sea . |
| 6 | A spearman tried to bring him down with a lance thrust under the cuirass whilst another took a swing with a sword at the joints in the greaves on his legs . |
| 7 | Rain had to choose whether to let him pass or lead him into the house and try to steer him away from the kitchen . |
| 8 | She had grabbed his hand and his cane firmly in her hands and was trying to pull him back through the water . |
| 9 | ‘ Of course he would n't take a bribe from you , or anyone , come to that , and especially someone trying to bribe him out of the country because of a woman — one he happens to love very much . ’ |
| 10 | The voice seemed familiar and he felt he should recognise it , but at first he felt it only as a persuasive force tugging at him , trying to draw him back from the comfort and welcome of the light . |
| 11 | He could hardly have been welcome , because when he had entered the senior police officer 's room it had been with two aides trying to keep him out by every manoeuvre other than manhandling him . |
| 12 | She treated him as a malnourished curiosity , swooping down on him with tender cluckings , and seductive titbits — a crab claw , a lychee , a chocolate truffle — asking him to describe God , or Heaven , or sin , treating him as a confessional , trying to dress him up as a cardinal , showing him off to her friends . |
| 13 | Having grabbed the idea of the airline with both hands , Branson was now trying to squeeze him out of the operation altogether . |
| 14 | ‘ I have been trying to get him out of the pram to get him ready for nursery but not now . |
| 15 | She was still trying to get him off with a nice society type . |
| 16 | " This is the course of lectures your daughter is taking , " she said trying to bring him back to the matter in hand . |