Example sentences of "[noun prp] try " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've just seen Richard try to open the erm door to the piano |
| 2 | Corinthian friendliness towards Athens lasted , as we have seen ( p. 16 ) , throughout the archaic period and into the classical , i.e. as long as Megara was an independent power , capable of causing trouble for both Corinth to the west and Athens to the east : Megara 's tyrant Theagenes helped Kylon try to become tyrant of Athens in the late seventh century and , in the early sixth , Megara fought Athens hard for possession of Salamis . |
| 3 | You see what you can do with Alfred — better still , let Lucy Lane try ; the feminine touch . ’ |
| 4 | Evil is devious , it is trying to turn Good against Good by making Frodo try to give the Ring away . |
| 5 | A pheasant called and he heard Lee try to answer it . |
| 6 | ‘ Why did Charley try to kill me ? ’ |
| 7 | Did Fernando try with you ? |
| 8 | For the second , Newsome just watched and let Dean try to the tackling of Shearer on the back post . |
| 9 | Steven Paterson denies helping Bailey try to destroy evidence linking him to the crime and the trial is continuing . |
| 10 | Corporal Stephen Paterson was found guilty of helping Bailey try to destroy evidence by a washing a pair of his bloodstained jeans . |
| 11 | when we were round at oh do you remember I told you about me , when I thought erm I saw Aaron try and touch my face , yeah ? |
| 12 | She made Terry try it on , take it off , changed something else , and finally , at gone midnight , she had done all that she could do , and only then did she allow Terry to look at herself in the mirror . |
| 13 | Not only does Buffon try to relegate the pleasure of watching kittens at play to the level of a childish amusement , but he also suggests that this play is malicious because it involves acting out the killing of prey — the very skill for which mankind domesticated the cat in the first place . |
| 14 | Only once did Tess try to get closer to her husband . |