Example sentences of "[coord] try [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Julia 's pain seemed to have left her , and she lay seeming to drift in and out of sleep or unconsciousness , Anne could never be sure which , as she sat beside her , wiping her face , or tried to feed her with beef tea from a feeding cup . |
| 2 | Some companies have sought mergers , others have sold off their defence factories or tried to convert them to other work ; some have simply shut them down . |
| 3 | More generally Pazzi 's introduction calls down fire and brimstone on those who damage works of art or try to appropriate them for their own collections . |
| 4 | We must learn to see our anxiety symptoms as signals that we are under stress and learn to cope with and control these signals through our efforts and not simply mask or try to ignore them with tranquillizers . |
| 5 | Sneha , ( not her real name ) an Asian girl of eighteen living with her family near Birmingham , wrote me a long letter , but with the strict proviso that I did n't ring her at home or try to contact her at all . |
| 6 | You will probably find that much of what they offer is excellent , but that something is missing ; certain aspects of movement are neglected — it is thought necessary to know about them or try to communicate them through teaching . |
| 7 | Tell a grown-up you trust if anyone frightens you or tries to touch you in a way which makes you feel unsafe . |
| 8 | Otherwise he can just give them with the bloody tellies or trying to buy them with the tellies and the dealers have a lovely time |
| 9 | This is very contrary to our traditional view of trying to segment and fragment the information and trying to keep it at the business specific level or trying to keep it at the corporate level . |
| 10 | It is a paradox — one of the many paradoxes of mysticism — that even though mystics insist that their experiences are radically ineffable , many of the great mystics have felt compelled to write them down and to try to communicate them to others . |
| 11 | Cati went in to Rosa , who lay gripping the down coverlet , to cram it into her face and muffle her sobs ; she climbed up next to her , and stroked her head , and tried to cradle her with a thin arm across her shaking shoulders and felt herself going dry in her throat and choked up too ; Rosa twisted , her red face glowered up at Cati . |
| 12 | Frankie had seen it before and thought I would n't like it and tried to dissuade me from going in . |
| 13 | She knows people and tried to dazzle me with names . |
| 14 | Here the reader has once again been won back onto Pip 's side after his care of Magwitch which seems especially significant as upon hearing that he was his true benefactor he loathes the man and tried to distance him from him , physically and socially . |
| 15 | She went to sleep , and woke to growl , ‘ Me least , ’ and he put a bath towel round her and tried to carry her into his bed-sitting room , but he was too frail to do it and she had to wake up again to walk by herself . |
| 16 | He insinuated his right hand under her arm and tried to ease her towards the Bayswater Road . |
| 17 | As a diversion , which would allow time for the passing of the trembling , I reached into my pocket , pulled out the tin of rubbers , and tried to open it in the dark . |
| 18 | I ca n't actually recall all the numbers , but I remember I was in the States at one point and I took the album over and tried to sell it to a record company . |
| 19 | He discovered the girl 's name was Stella and tried to engage her in gossip . |
| 20 | He was quite aware of her marital designs on him , but she was very much part of the life which he had rejected , even if she refused to recognise that fact , and tried to reclaim him for it . |
| 21 | She knew all about it in theory and tried to explain it to Enoch . |
| 22 | Earlier , it was alleged that Casabona kidnapped the 15-year-old , raped her and tried to murder her by pumping exhaust fumes into the vehicle while they were both inside . |
| 23 | As the rebels , sword in hand , ran after the retreating cavalry , sonic of the royal infantry stood their ground and tried to take them in the flank but the heavy rain had left most of their cartridges too damp to fire and the frustrated musketeers thereupon also took to their heels . |
| 24 | When I prised her off and tried to stand her on the floor she kept rocking back and sitting on her tail , then falling over sideways and lying there like a stuffed parrot . |
| 25 | And so that Ven should know how truly sorry she was , she held on to him with both arms and tried to pull him to her . |
| 26 | She walked two paces backwards to the bed , only in her shirt , and tried to pull him on her as she fell . |
| 27 | As she leaned into the car , the attacker grabbed her and tried to pull her into the vehicle . |
| 28 | He pulled out his billfold and tried to hand it to me . |
| 29 | As he approached the water she begged him to come with her and tried to drag him into the sea . |
| 30 | With Southampton trailing 2-1 and desperate for an equaliser , he grabbed the fan around the head and tried to drag him from the pitch . |