Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] try [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They began to busy themselves cheerfully with preparations for the meal , one or other of them constantly trying to engage Moran with this small thing or that , until he was drawn by their uncanny tact into the general cheerfulness . |
| 2 | The other thing which is actually mentioned that we one of the worst aspects was done and I personally tried to look at what the impact on road building around elsewhere and it is absolutely appalling and er I think that is something which is to be , I 'm sure it will be , will be called out . |
| 3 | ‘ I only tried to get Lina a job . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I only tried to frighten you , my dear . |
| 5 | Why am I not trying to go out |
| 6 | But there 's no way I intentionally tried to hurt him , even though it might look that way . |
| 7 | I just trying to shake this flu that I feel coming on . |
| 8 | Now I just trying to think what the other the name of the other one was . |
| 9 | I just try to do my best for myself and the people around me . |
| 10 | Well my children are quite young and I just try to give them as accurate information as I can . |
| 11 | I just try to forget it all now , but I might have to go back . |
| 12 | I just try to make sure I look at the person I 'm talking to , and show them I 'm interested . |
| 13 | I just I just try to work out whether there must be a bigger concentration of schools in this area than than golf clubs . |
| 14 | I just never went on ; I just tried to do something else . |
| 15 | I just tried to do the best I could . |
| 16 | I just tried to defend myself from the blows . ’ |
| 17 | I just tried to make it really versatile . ’ |
| 18 | I just tried to imagine what it would have felt like , but could n't draw on any past experiences . ’ |
| 19 | I was bleeding but I just tried to hide it because it was a terribly busy time . ’ |
| 20 | I just tried to write what it was like for me in Toronto , growing up and hanging out , the suburban adolescent heavy metal North American experience . |
| 21 | I just tried to keep going . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I normally try to avoid having two new people on duty simultaneously , ’ he said . |
| 23 | I desperately tried to do it , but I was pathetic . |
| 24 | I desperately tried to draw my sword but my belly was churning with such fear that I was unable to grasp the hilt . |
| 25 | I desperately tried to paddle away but the canoe move and I was wedged in . |
| 26 | You know , the author whose novel I once tried to promote . ’ |
| 27 | I once tried to interest Terry Linex in the idea of opening an airfood restaurant . |
| 28 | I once tried to convince producers that it would work , but they all declared it too long , too repetitive , too esoteric . |
| 29 | If I ever try to escape , and fail , he 'll never let me out again . |
| 30 | This was in front of the cameras , and I thought , ‘ You two-faced bitch ’ , because if I ever tried to talk to her she 'd either be sarcastic or looked through you , looked away or did n't want to know . |