Example sentences of "[adv] they tried [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Apparently they tried to phone me on Friday afternoon but I was out swimming . |
2 | He said : ‘ When we played last time we did n't have any problem , but here they tried to unsettle us because they were really frustrated . |
3 | ‘ There 'd been two heads on those pillows , ’ agreed Ethel , ‘ and two bodies between those sheets , however hard they tried to disguise it . ’ |
4 | Then they tried to persuade me to part with the silver and everything else that had belonged to my husband . |
5 | There they tried to kill me . |
6 | I know why they tried to kill you . |