Example sentences of "[pers pn] have try [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt I 'd tried everything , I 'd tried to be a good wife , mother , mistress what else could I do ? |
| 2 | Adopted just five weeks ago ‘ I 'd tried for other seats but had n't got anywhere ’ he has been staying in Northallerton with Jim Stafford , the cheery and down to earth constituency agent . |
| 3 | How would I have tried to be . |
| 4 | I had tried to be first in order to get it over with quickly but now it was clear that I would be under the gaze of most if not all of the class . |
| 5 | I had tried to be discreet , as the subject was professional dynamite even when discussed in private with a great friend . |
| 6 | In fact I feel sure I 've tried with your correspondent Richard , or someone very like him . |
| 7 | I 've tried at out on the public at shows and festivals . |
| 8 | I 've tried to be sensible about getting back into it , which is strange for an athlete , and it 's forcing me to temper my enthusiasm and take the training easy . ’ |
| 9 | I 've tried to be more Romantic , it does nu good for me |
| 10 | Perhaps I 've tried to be too clever , she thought , reading up world affairs , and he thinks that 's all I want to talk about . |
| 11 | I 've tried to be a good mother to you … |
| 12 | I find that is the situation that I 've tried to er , guard against with the budget that we 've been put in on this occasion , and I hope that answers er , er , Mr but er , I 'll answer any other questions that are put up . |
| 13 | These these black blobs are supposed to be proteins and and I 've tried to er illustrate the orientation of the protein by showing these er these supposedly er glyco er substi substituents on the outside of the cell . |
| 14 | the times I 've tried for up to five minutes waiting for switchboard to answer |
| 15 | I 've tried without success to recruit him for the CPRE and the Friends of Spaxton Theatre . |
| 16 | And I 'm trying to I 've tried without success . |
| 17 | I 've tried in this book to demonstrate the importance for people in television to ignore the more glamorous and artificial aspects of the job , and to keep their feet firmly on the ground . |
| 18 | Since she died I have tried without success to get this letter . |
| 19 | I have tried without success and the Haynes Manual only covers the standard Land Rover 2¼ Diesel Engine . |
| 20 | I have tried for a grant from the War Office for this purpose but it has not been awarded . |
| 21 | I 've , I have tried for three weeks to get my Windows loaded and |
| 22 | I have tried to be honest today . |
| 23 | I have tried to er persuade him that , that Colin would be good for that job . |
| 24 | In what follows I have tried to be explicit and specific about experiences which are by their nature woolly and indeterminate , resisting expression . |
| 25 | I have tried to ‘ phone you once or twice re APRS : please can you contact me ? |
| 26 | For more than 20 years in the House I have tried to be a friend to all the peoples of Yugoslavia . |
| 27 | I have tried to e ascertain which particular diagram in this report Mr was quote quoting from . |
| 28 | I have tried in this course to reflect some of the more recently developed ideas for dealing with intonation , though the treatment remains essentially within the conventions of the British tradition . |
| 29 | Nevertheless she 'd put it round her neck and there it had stayed ever since while she 'd tried with scant success to forget the brief period of ecstasy she 'd shared with the man whose gift it had been . |
| 30 | Although I may be a bad man , I 'd never bribe anyone to marry , as you 've tried to . |