Example sentences of "try [verb] [pron] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Whoever tried to kill us in the plane , whoever that was , has put us on the same side . ’ |
| 2 | The film sped up as Cameron ran out of the building , still in his tailcoat , and tried to lose himself in the streets around the Barbican . |
| 3 | I have got to try to outbowl him in the early matches because there is a good chance we may go into the Tests with only one spinner . |
| 4 | As a diversion , which would allow time for the passing of the trembling , I reached into my pocket , pulled out the tin of rubbers , and tried to open it in the dark . |
| 5 | Our men tried to shoot him in the water , but it was dark , there was no moon — and we lost him . |
| 6 | Orders were sent to no fewer than four squadrons to try to engage him in the Irish Sea or , as a last resort , to intercept him off Brest on his way home ; but in the event none of them was needed for he was caught , almost by chance , near Kinsale on the southern coast of Ireland at daybreak on 29 February 1760 , by three frigates which had taken refuge there during the recent storm . |
| 7 | Dougal tried to immerse himself in The Journal of a Fallen Angel . |
| 8 | Under the influence of this late surge of rational speculation I tried to view myself in a different light . |
| 9 | A SPURNED lover disguised himself to kidnap his ex-girlfriend then tried to stab her in the neck with a syringe , a court heard yesterday . |
| 10 | He tried to look me in the eye , Say |
| 11 | He tried to discourage her in every way . |
| 12 | She left her home last night as her owner tried to weigh her in the garden . |
| 13 | Mr Roberts said when the men were arrested , Angela Wolfe , 18 , of Thompson Street West , Darlington , Drummond 's girlfriend took £14,267 to Newcastle where she tried to put it in a safety deposit box . |
| 14 | And then she tried to put it in the washing machine for a joke and the dog was gon na get in . |
| 15 | Yes , yes , when Paddy tried to do ours in the flat need to use small screw drivers to make the , the . |
| 16 | We also heard from someone who suffered with us in the hands of Southwark Offset , which tried to modernise us in the 1960s ( Letters , p 476 ) . |
| 17 | A yellow child tried to interest her in a jar of dead flies . |
| 18 | On one occasion , they tried to interest him in the piano but that finished within three weeks with two surprises . |
| 19 | ROBERT HOPKINS , a young Queensland aborigine , tried to hang himself in a prison cell using a blanket torn into strips . |
| 20 | Who in drunken rage tried to hang himself in the orchard . |
| 21 | But she would n't be here and , as the taxi went on ever upwards so Fabia tried to get herself in a frame of mind where she could deal cheerfully with Lubor 's banter . |
| 22 | He then tried to toss him in the air . |
| 23 | As the rebels , sword in hand , ran after the retreating cavalry , sonic of the royal infantry stood their ground and tried to take them in the flank but the heavy rain had left most of their cartridges too damp to fire and the frustrated musketeers thereupon also took to their heels . |
| 24 | Lord Dundas was fully aware of Glassford 's importance to his political interest in Clackmannan , and had taken steps to try to oblige him in a matter relating to his West Indian business interests , but Glassford was also conscious of his position in the political sphere , and fully intended to use it to secure his brother-in-law 's reinstatement . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . |
| 26 | A second grenade went off under another vehicle as army explosives specialists tried to defuse it in the nearby New Lodge Road district … |
| 27 | ‘ I tried to tell her in a matter-of-fact way that when you die you leave your body behind and go to Heaven . |
| 28 | Perhaps Friday was still a wild man and would try to kill me in the night . |
| 29 | The wrist moves to get the plate spinning and when it is going fast enough you stop the stick and , because of the hollow in the plate , the stick goes to the middle After practice you can try tossing it in the air and catching it or passing it behind your back . |
| 30 | ‘ They will try to shoot us in the light from the door . ’ |