Example sentences of "[pron] tried [to-vb] him [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I dived towards the scarlet streaks and touched him at once , but there was no movement in him , and when I tried to pull him to the surface , I could n't . |
| 2 | I tried to picture him under the sheet . |
| 3 | ‘ We tried to sign him in the summer that we bought Jim Leighton from Aberdeen , but the money Brondby were asking was out of the question , ’ said Mr Ferguson . |
| 4 | They tried to eject him from the podium . |
| 5 | On one occasion , they tried to interest him in the piano but that finished within three weeks with two surprises . |
| 6 | But I 've got a lot of time for Tom Clarke , he 's a nice man and it would be absolutely disgusting if anyone tried to dump him at the moment . ’ |