Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] tried [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the question I tried to answer as the decade of the 1980s began . |
| 2 | The classic example of this is the Victorian Poor Law which tried to deal with the very obvious social problems of poverty . |
| 3 | A scientist who tried to cope with the orbit of Uranus by proposing that the force between Uranus and the sun obeyed something other than the inverse square law would be opting out of the Newtonian research programme . |
| 4 | A friend who tried to go to the man 's aid had to be held back . |
| 5 | A guard kicked away a dog who tried to run under the scaffold to lick the dripping blood . |
| 6 | With her tongue she tried to wash off the blood that covered him . |
| 7 | Above all I would like to thank the sector for your friendship and warm support , and I have every confidence that Sir Jeffrey , my successor , I assume that resolution two will go through unan , unanimously , will be car , will be able to carry forward with your warm support , the vision I tried to outline for the next year . |
| 8 | As we were walking to the next hole I tried to think of the right things to say to him , so I said , ‘ Greg , do me a favour . |
| 9 | He varied this routine by pushing rubbish through the letter box , pulling the flowers from the tiny strip of garden we tried to cultivate between the flagstones and chalking rude messages on my car . |
| 10 | The school found some support for their interpretation of Mrs Peel 's behaviour from a community nurse who tried to work with the family : ‘ She thinks there 's evidence of sexual abuse ; soiling , language and sexually overt behaviour . ’ |