Example sentences of "he try [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | and he was soaked , he actually had tried first then he went round the back , the back door was closed so he tried to take shelter under the oil tank |
| 2 | He tried to slap Killion on the shoulder and missed , and ended up on the floor . |
| 3 | In 1990 he tried to register ownership of the land but his claim was opposed by the county council and residents . |
| 4 | He tried to export revolution to the rest of Latin America , while Leonid Brezhnev preferred to deal with established governments . |
| 5 | As he tried to grab hold of the beautifully-lit see-through material held by the other men in the show , he called out , ‘ Give me a bit ! |