Example sentences of "tries [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A plane cabin tries to fool you with the same set-up , but suddenly it meets turbulence , bumps and jolts , and three hundred of you sit there thinking of the drop beneath . |
| 2 | Crilly tries to coax me into the booth but I shrug out from under his arms and make an excuse about the family . |
| 3 | Thus the process of contract formation arising out of the exchange of documents containing or referring to standard terms creates considerable problems when one tries to fit it into the framework of offer and acceptance . |
| 4 | The second player then breathes in and tries to take it off the first until it reaches the player at the end . |
| 5 | He tries to concern us with the problem of liberals : ‘ When I trained , ’ says Gumede , an ANC guerrilla , ‘ they said that the liberal was more dangerous than the enemy . ’ |
| 6 | In Dr S 's view , the discourse of the emotional is devalued in the rest of the department , and she tries to bring it to the fore . |
| 7 | In another cliffhanger the Saltires , for whom Paul Hull was outstanding , came off second-best again when Mark ‘ Turbo ’ Thomas powered over for two tries to clinch it for the holders ( 12–10 ) . |
| 8 | In case we become aware of its tricks , the Ego tries to throw us off the scent , by projecting aspects of itself onto the outside world . |
| 9 | when he tries to rescue her from the fire . |