Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Josie tried to reach for some killer of an argument , a real zinger that she could pull out of the air and use to disarm all opposition . |
| 2 | I cooked and ate and even washed up ; tried to get into some music and resisted the temptation to open a bottle of wine . |
| 3 | Carrie tried to think of some way to break it . |
| 4 | His mind was racing now , beads of sweat standing out on his forehead , as he desperately tried to think of some way of alerting the pump attendant to his predicament without endangering them both . |
| 5 | Afterwards Grayling tried to think of some reason in the environment that might have had something to do with the outburst . |
| 6 | Before we explore the influence of ‘ speaker 's topic ’ , we shall try to illustrate in some detail the way in which conversational participants ‘ speak topically ’ , by making their contributions relevant to the existing topic framework . |
| 7 | ‘ I shall try to think of some way of showing how grateful I am for your bravery . |
| 8 | erm the ladies who are a bit obese and get all the sympathy you get all so skin or just skinny and suddenly you try to put on some weight , you just ca n't . |
| 9 | She touched a finger to Tallis , then to herself , trying to communicate in some way . |
| 10 | Helen had been trying to learn for some time , but she found it very hard although Tony was endlessly patient with her . |
| 11 | I was just trying to get past some people in front of me and I stepped off the pavement and the driver — he did n't have a chance . |
| 12 | How odd , Alec thought , I 've been thinking about her all the time since I came here , trying to think of some way of seeing her again . |
| 13 | She wound down the window , trying to think of some way of putting things right . |
| 14 | I delayed switching the computer off while I racked my brain trying to think of some way of saving them , but there was none . |
| 15 | We have both been trying to return to some semblance of normality . |