Example sentences of "[pron] tried [adv] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | But she came to the kitchen when summoned to help , and she tried not to grumble at the repetitive nature of the work and the talk . |
2 | She tried not to lie to the child , as she had been lied to . |
3 | She tried not to smile at the wording , and then she handed it back . |
4 | She tried not to look at the easy , mutual affection of Finn , Francie and the dumb woman . |
5 | Melanie had not been down to the work-room since her very first morning ; she tried not to look at the partially assembled puppets , hanged and dismembered , on the walls . |
6 | She tried not to look at the glass on the pink marble top of the wash-stand , empty , a sticky red stain at the bottom . |
7 | The sky was aflame and though she tried not to think of the sunsets from Fernando 's cliff-top it was virtually impossible . |
8 | People stared at the car , and we tried hard to look like the owners , not just the delivery team . |
9 | He tried not to think about the time , six months ahead , when his grant would finish and he would need to find work . |
10 | He tried not to think of the shock his sister had expressed so strongly when he had told her of his intentions . |
11 | He tried not to look at the screens . |
12 | After the South African War , he tried unsuccessfully to stand for the South African parliament before returning home to marry Lady Mary Douglas Hamilton . |
13 | He tried hard to get into the spirit of the thing . |