Example sentences of "and try [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a paradox — one of the many paradoxes of mysticism — that even though mystics insist that their experiences are radically ineffable , many of the great mystics have felt compelled to write them down and to try to communicate them to others . |
| 2 | She knows people and tried to dazzle me with names . |
| 3 | He discovered the girl 's name was Stella and tried to engage her in gossip . |
| 4 | She knew all about it in theory and tried to explain it to Enoch . |
| 5 | He knew Blanche was nervous by her uncharacteristic air of distraction and tried to calm her with compliments about her appearance . |
| 6 | ‘ Why do n't you go outside and try to talk it to death ? ’ |
| 7 | At last , in a fit of anger , he gave John permission to invade the duchy and try to take it by force . |
| 8 | They will work on the weakest MPs , and try to force them into line . |
| 9 | ‘ They will work on the weakest , and try to force them into line . ’ |
| 10 | Adam set the twelve sherry glasses that were cut in a greek key pattern round their rims in the middle of the moonlight and said he would put them in a box tomorrow and try to sell them in Sudbury to the man who had the antique shop in Gainsborough Street that they had passed . |
| 11 | And we 're going to take some perfectly ordinary facets of life and try to address them in terms of what they should mean to the Christian believer . |
| 12 | I had decided that I should take control of the aeroplane and try to fly it to England . |
| 13 | Somehow you have to play devil 's advocate against your presentation and try to knock it to pieces . |
| 14 | He was rather like a 12-inch gun with no gunlayer ; he always turned up to meetings late and disoriented , although he had a middle-aged secretary who used to follow him about with his diary and try to keep him in line . |
| 15 | So he puts it on the table and tries to squash it into shape , and by the time he 's got his mouth full of that he ca n't make a sound . |
| 16 | Cover-up — a card is placed in the tray , the child studies the word beneath it then covers it and tries to spell it from memory , using the cubes . |
| 17 | Mr Morrison and his group can play their part by learning for themselves the full complexity of the problem and trying to convey it to Irish-Americans who see Irish unity as the only answer . |
| 18 | Do something before it goes ! ’ she cried , catching his arm and trying to shake him into action . |