Example sentences of "try [verb] i " in BNC.
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1 | Perhaps Friday was still a wild man and would try to kill me in the night . |
2 | Somebody might try to kill me . |
3 | Harvey did n't try to kill me — as far as I know — and Signe and I wandered around Greenwich Village gawking and scoffing , eating and shopping and arguing without malice . |
4 | ‘ Why did Charley try to kill me ? ’ |
5 | Why do n't you try touching me ? |
6 | ‘ But my father never did try to see me , ’ Jenna said miserably . |
7 | Do n't try to see me , because it 's pointless . |
8 | Will you try to trust me , Claudia ? ’ |
9 | ‘ Please do n't try to find me . ’ |
10 | " I knew you would try to find me . |
11 | Let any crook try to find me , I said to myself , when I go to ground in Uulaa-la . |
12 | ‘ Mister , do n't you try gettin' me one over the eight . |
13 | ‘ Do n't try to indoctrinate me , Miguel . |
14 | George Brown shouted , ‘ God forgive you ’ , Aneurin Bevan shook his finger at the guest with the warning ‘ Do n't try to bully me ! ’ and Khrushchev roared above the din : ‘ I have n't met people like you for thirty or forty years ! ’ |
15 | All right , we 'll give it another day or two , but I 'm seeing you back home now , and do n't try to talk me out of it . |
16 | ‘ He did n't try to talk me into acting as a romantic go-between . ’ |
17 | Liuba does n't try to own me . ’ |
18 | ‘ Remember , the range on this thing is quite long enough for me to dispose of you at any moment should you try to desert me or plot against me . ’ |
19 | ‘ I 'm going to waste my time visiting two dealers , both of whom will try to sell me items I do n't want — and one of which I know is a nineteenth-century fake . |
20 | Do n't try to rile me again , Jennifer , you are my guest . ’ |
21 | Because I 'm sure you wo n't try to cross me from now on . |
22 | Or ignoring the fact that the sender of that poison pen letter might try to do me some very real harm ? ’ |
23 | Lovely , very , very , good indeed , that , that is there now , sounds very good , just , erm , a few little things , would you try to give me more on the fifth finger , the E , the E flat , there , think of a crescendo , to that , want that come out , then , then it will , erm , I 'm almost frightened to put a crescendo in because it was n't the , a big one . |
24 | You wo n't try to persuade me not to ? , |
25 | Biddy was the most sensible of girls , and did not try to persuade me any more . |
26 | He 'll try to persuade me that he should . |
27 | ‘ You did n't try to disillusion me . ’ |
28 | ‘ He means well , but all he ever does is try to grab me and take me home . ’ |
29 | ‘ I 'm afraid that if I go grey , ’ one of my friends said , ‘ men wo n't try to chat me up on planes . ’ |
30 | Do n't try to deceive me , Alain . |