Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [prep] my [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The most glaring one was last night when you tried to appeal to my pragmatic nature by admitting that ‘ it would only be lust ’ — no doubt you imagined we could establish some sort of ‘ adult ’ agreement on the basis of that . ’ |
| 2 | This leads to problems when I try to conceive of my own knowing , believing or thinking in behaviourist terms . |
| 3 | I could n't square what I was doing with the view of the world I have tried to transmit to my pubescent son : sex is a wonderful thing but it should be part of a loving relationship . |
| 4 | This was surely the lesson of the Macdonald Inquiry 's critique of antiracist education at Burnage High School , and this is what I have tried to indicate through my critical interrogations of the theoretical and pedagogical foundations of multiculturalism and antiracism — especially in relation to the multifaceted nature of racism and the complexities of its intersection with gender and class ( see also Cohen and Rattansi , 1991 ) . |
| 5 | Ever since coming upon Rousseau 's writings so long ago , I have tried to live with my dear wife above the glaciers in the condition he would have approved , that of the Noble Savage — in defiance of those citified creatures who multiply in the valleys far below . |
| 6 | I was trying to accomplish within my own small person what the malais had n't been able to do to a nation . |
| 7 | I 'm trying to diet on my own . |
| 8 | This in front of someone I am trying to impress with my good health , my vivacious vitality , my lack of need to be there . |