Example sentences of "[verb] tried [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both partners may have tried to talk at a more intimate level but found that the other one was not listening . |
| 2 | The distraught and guilt-ridden driver was unable to remember the number plates of the vans which he had tried to memorise at the time of the kidnapping . |
| 3 | He had tried starting at the end and flicking to the beginning . |
| 4 | At first he had tried to look at the newspapers regularly to search for job vacancies and had sent application forms to prospective employers . |
| 5 | Plenty of other good bands around the country have tried to grab at the coat-tails the Manchester scene and failed as a result . |
| 6 | Plenty of other good bands around the country have tried to grab at the coat-tails the Manchester scene and failed as a result . |