Example sentences of "[noun pl] tried [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cut off from her , with his father and stepmother both dying while he was still a young man , John several times tried to live with a man he loved , but it always ended in disappointment . |
| 2 | ‘ A couple of blokes tried to go over the wall about a year ago . |
| 3 | Even imperialist anti-popes tried to reside in the city — and the emperors strove to keep them there . |
| 4 | Public sector workers tried to hit at the state with minimum disruption of services to consumers . |
| 5 | Scuffles ensued when the demonstrators tried to break through a police cordon preventing them from marching to the tomb of the unknown soldier . |
| 6 | THIEVES tried to break into a pensioners ' community centre just hours before a tombola to replace a stolen karaoke machine and cash . |
| 7 | The sellers tried to rely upon the exemption clause . |