Example sentences of "try [verb] [art] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried to banish the humiliation to the back of her mind , but it was worse than the physical pain . |
| 2 | That is an example of an institution joining the Government to try to provide a solution to a serious problem . |
| 3 | He tried to scream a warning to his nightmare self : ‘ No , do n't go in there ! |
| 4 | We followed up the representations that were made by the hon. Lady and by others on that point , and the regional offices of the Department of Employment have been in negotiation with TECs to try to establish the extent to which they need additional resources to meet the YT guarantee . |
| 5 | The man , who was wearing a black balaclava tried to pull the boy to the ground , but he managed to struggle free . |
| 6 | There was an air of disquiet , much muttering and whispering as they tried to find a solution to the problem facing them — a greater broad backed bookworm had been spotted . |
| 7 | She tried to open the door to the storage-room , but twice the wind blew it out of her hands . |
| 8 | Twice the trainer tried to sell the horse to the Seagram company and twice they refused . |
| 9 | They 've been calling us cheats , but I had to call on our manager to try to put a stop to some of their own little tricks at Headingley . |
| 10 | If they were to try to give an answer to the question at the head of this section , they would probably try to give a general account of factors which encourage or discourage chickens from crossing roads . |
| 11 | The first courteous , friendly , perhaps a little naive even promises to try to send a team to Shildon . |
| 12 | She tried , bitterly , to resist this fatal colouring ; she tried to reduce the trip to words upon a notice board ; but the mind had gone its own way , and she could not force it back into its grey and natal landscape . |
| 13 | With his last ounce of strength he tried to stretch a hand to his fiddle , but it was already burning fiercely . |
| 14 | Diplomatically , she tried to shift the conversation to firmer ground . |
| 15 | He would be seeing Caterina again , with her sweet face like a ripe apricot and her almond eyes , and he laughed when he remembered her childish stumblings as she tried to repeat the message to the letter . |
| 16 | The king tried to rally the city to his defence , but failed utterly and withdrew westwards with the Despensers and a few remaining friends . |
| 17 | They agreed it would be unsafe to try to get a message to London . |
| 18 | It is the counsellor 's task to try to move the discussion to these underlying meanings of words used in anger . |
| 19 | Full-back Jordan made a try saving tackle as Stortford tried to exploit the disruption to the Ipswich back division . |
| 20 | ‘ As he opened the door he saw the youths and tried to push the door to . |
| 21 | First he threw down his training bib , then he tried to make a point to coaches Dino Zoff and Giancarlo Oddi . |
| 22 | Last June David Ennals tried to introduce an amendment to the Mental Health Act which would have allowed nurses to withdraw from ECT . |
| 23 | After his return in 1471 Edward tried to limit the damage to the Stanleys by modifying Gloucester 's grant . |
| 24 | After his return in 1471 Edward tried to limit the damage to the Stanleys by modifying Gloucester 's grant . |
| 25 | Every time the gel on the other end tried to bring the conversation to a polite close , I 'd crank up with another round of exasperatingly slow , repetitive , thread-losing , stammering ramblings . |
| 26 | This little side-play caused Peggy to stop and wonder , and it also gave Lizzie the opportunity to try to bring a smile to her daughter 's face and perhaps ease the tension she saw there . |
| 27 | They granted the second subsidy only on condition that the king himself went abroad to try to bring an end to the war . |
| 28 | Badenoch had been targeted by officers as the main supplier and an enquiry named Operation Moray had begun to try to bring an end to the dealing in ecstasy , Mr Macdonald went on . |
| 29 | It is unclear whether FRISC Inc sold anything or even attempted to , or whether Micron will try to peddle the technology to someone else . |
| 30 | And if Ingard was going bust , he 'd naturally try to flog the land to anyone he could . |