Example sentences of "[adj] tried [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And Spacemen 3 tried to make a career out of it . ’ |
| 2 | The hearth itself was often fiercely guarded by a cook , and it would cause great offence if the ‘ lady of the house ’ spent any time in the kitchen , let alone tried to prepare a meal . |
| 3 | The first tried to land a punch , but he missed . |
| 4 | Instead , the administration first tried to get a $16 billion stimulus package through Congress . |
| 5 | A DELIGHTED woman has given birth to healthy sextuplets , seven years after she and her husband first tried to have a baby . |
| 6 | Betjeman always loathed Lewis thereafter , though as they got older they both tried to make a bit of a joke about it . |