Example sentences of "tried [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That Mr Randall was a sharp one and he 'd tried that hard to set up a fight . |
| 2 | It is only when everything else has genuinely been tried that divorce can ever be contemplated . |
| 3 | I 'll tell you this — if they had tried that on with the Liverpool team of the mid-1960s that included Ron Yeats , Ian St John , Gerry Byrne and myself the match would never have taken place . |
| 4 | It 's quite fun , have you tried that ? |
| 5 | I have n't tried that but thank you |
| 6 | I 've tried that chewing gum you get but it still did n't stop me . |
| 7 | He 'd never tried that variation before . |
| 8 | So you 've tried that have you tried that ? |
| 9 | ‘ We 've tried that , Bissell . |
| 10 | Conditions are then idyllic for novices and intermediates — or learning to sail dinghies if you have n't tried that before . |
| 11 | We 've tried that . |
| 12 | Have you tried that or you u have you always used the calculator ? |
| 13 | Now , you , you could have the linear ordering that 's an alternative proposal erm , but then you 've actually got erm you 've got to come up with a kind of proper account of these structures of how they come about and of the relation and then you 've got to check it out against all the other data and all I can say is as it happens , I 've tried that and it does n't work but that 's only and we want to find out if you can see that the quite a long way . |
| 14 | It would be good to see old England again and even if I did n't find her I could tell myself I 'd just tried that little bit . |
| 15 | I 've never tried that . |
| 16 | I have n't tried that . |
| 17 | the chasm is too great though the gulf between God and man is , is far too wide and we try our various planks , our planks of being good , of doing nice things , planks of being religious , of being confirmed , of being baptized , of going to church of perhaps attending church , perhaps even becoming a member of a church , the plank of saying prayers I think you know and God does n't even hear us , the bible tells us , if I regarded iniquity in my heart God does n't hear me , he says I will not hear you , the only prayer that God hears from the sinner is God be merciful to me a sinner and we 've tried that plank and it does n't work , of course it does n't because that 's not what it means to be a Christian , the plank of bible reading , we can read the bible , we can memorise it , it does n't make us a Christian , Jesus said to some of the religious leaders of his days , you search the scriptures for you think that in them you have life , but you will not come to me , and so it 's not being in religious , er being religious or any thing else as we well know , it 's something far , far more fundamental than that , those words that Jesus said to Nicodemus you must be born again , that new birth , that new start , starting all over again , and so what happens , what 's it all about , what is it to , what is it to be a Christian . |
| 18 | I 've tried that . |
| 19 | Aye , I 've tried that . |
| 20 | He and Sergeant Robins had obviously tried each other 's patience to the limits , but he cheered up at the sight of Dalgliesh and enquired with childish belligerence : |
| 21 | As he drove back , he had tried each element individually , and none of them broke the pattern . |
| 22 | The whole of the party were in excellent health and had well tried each others stamina in walking up mountains etc. etc. but having so many interesting objects in view they had allowed no difficulty or danger to impede their progress . |
| 23 | This is a propagation bench for the winter and spring — different cuttings and seedlings are tried each year . |
| 24 | I suggest that Mr Paul will feel better for having tried this on , and failed , and that his second book will be the one this could have been . |
| 25 | Holiday parks in which you can camp , or stay in a chalet or caravan are now remarkably good — so much so that if you have n't tried this kind of holiday for a few years you could be in for a very pleasant surprise . |
| 26 | The first phase of the battle was to coat the shellac on a cardboard base ; in fact , the Neophone Company of 1904 had tried this idea . |
| 27 | It is n't my amplifier , as I have tried this with an SG and it was n't effected . |
| 28 | Ray Davies of the Kinks had tried this sort of songwriting before but his laboured and intensely mannered approach smacked only of bourgeois facetiousness . |
| 29 | On the occasions when I have tried this , I have found that I enjoy admiring what I have done much more than usual — the finished job seems to have a glow , which lasts longer than one would expect . |
| 30 | Parents may have tried this method in the past and failed . |