Example sentences of "[pron] tried for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I tried for a calming course , feeling thankful to this man for his dogged clasp on difficulties that would n't cause me any recall of my dead love in a million years , and I pursued the wisp of a path suggested by the word ‘ nanny . ’ |
| 2 | She tried for a neutral tone . |
| 3 | She might have guessed that as soon as she tried for a little peace and quiet the whole place would be inundated with callers . |
| 4 | She tried for a brighter smile . |
| 5 | Alec Stewart ran himself out as he tried for a sharp single to cover and found Atherton unwilling to budge at the non-striker 's end . |