Example sentences of "[pron] try [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crisis leading to Lenihan 's dismissal arose in connection with reports that in January 1982 the Fianna Fáil leadership had attempted to persuade President Patrick Hillery by telephone to allow them to try to form a government without calling a general election . |
| 2 | He presented a strong message to the newly-qualified chemists encouraging them to try to win the confidence of the lay public by admitting to things that go wrong and telling them what was being done about it . |
| 3 | But because they are so efficient at tempting big barbel to bite in the first place I keep trying different ways of fishing with them to try to overcome the problem . |
| 4 | In the summer of 1557 , some of them tried to break the stalemate . |
| 5 | One of them tried to jump the ditch and landed on Canny , breaking his neck ( Lincoln Journal , Nebraska 28 December 1987 ) . |
| 6 | It is quite enough for me to try to grasp the way in which God has disclosed himself to us . |
| 7 | He also urged me to try to check the identification of the plant . |
| 8 | Lisa 's letter inspired me to try to write a verse on the subject ( not very good , but here it is ) |
| 9 | And I tried to do a pattern but it sent all my eyes crazy counting these |
| 10 | ( ‘ I tried to join the army when I got out of Borstal ’ , said Kev , an 18 year old skin , ‘ Do me bit and see the world and that . |
| 11 | I tried to dust the grit off my forearm where it adhered to the sweat . |
| 12 | I tried to banish the idea of a drowned Shelley by conjuring up the memory of Mary stepping into Lake Geneva and looking back at me over her shoulder ; instead came a more ferocious image — that of a gigantic man leaping towards me : not the best picture to help one through these present circumstances . |
| 13 | I mean I 've actually I tried to persuade a colleague of mine that I could quite easily sexually harass a male student of mine , and the reason I could do that , or the way I could do that , is because I have power over him . |
| 14 | She added , referring to the two meetings she held with Mr Lawson on the afternoon before he resigned : ‘ I tried to persuade the Chancellor not to go . |
| 15 | When I tried to re-introduce the zero foods my problems were milk and wheat , with milk the main culprit behind my symptoms . |
| 16 | I tried to ignore the problem , but my wife would n't . |
| 17 | Keeping my eyes shut , I tried to ignore the interruption . |
| 18 | In several talks given by myself in both English and Burmese , I tried to emphasise the part which Buddhism could play in the national life . |
| 19 | It was hard to believe twelve stones and I tried to clean the lens . |
| 20 | I tried to turn the tap off but it still dripped . |
| 21 | When I went to see the director of Albanian radio and television , I tried to describe the difference in atmosphere between a British and an Albanian election campaign . |
| 22 | The knocking annoyed me so much that I tried to open the window . |
| 23 | As I sat there with metal ticking away as it cooled and steam rising around the engines , I tried to open the door only to find it jammed . |
| 24 | As I sat there with metal ticking away as it cooled and steam rising around the engines , I tried to open the door only to find it jammed . |
| 25 | I tried to open the window- and I saw the glass . |
| 26 | I tried to hit the nose but my arm did n't move . |
| 27 | I tried to see the expression on his face , but it was too dark . |
| 28 | I tried to answer the King as well as I could , but he did not think our system was a good one . |
| 29 | Two or three cars passed me and I tried to thumb a lift , but they did n't stop . |
| 30 | My voice had nearly gone when I tried to order a brandy . |