Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [pers pn] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to catch him this morning , before we went to our appointments , but he would n't speak to me . |
| 2 | I tried to contact you this afternoon but was unable to get through . |
| 3 | I tried to call you this week-end . |
| 4 | ‘ I tried to call you this morning , ’ she said , ‘ but you 'd already left . ’ |
| 5 | I tried to telephone her this morning at the flat but there was no reply . |
| 6 | ‘ I tried to telephone you this morning — ’ he said . |
| 7 | The following day , Dr John Greg of the Medical Research Council tried to tell us that contact with small quantities of dioxins was harmless when he stated in The Independent that 5,000 ppt is a safe level for bleached paper products . |
| 8 | So it 's still a pretty good wildlife area — and we must try to keep it that way . |
| 9 | ‘ That 's what she says but I do n't try to influence her either way . ’ |
| 10 | If the Operator terminal is in use , the Offline System will try to access it several times in quick succession ; if it remains unavailable the Offline run will not take place and a message reporting the situation will be sent via the mail system to the Offline Manager . |
| 11 | Do n't try to tell me that life is fair . |
| 12 | And then later on , oh and then she was going to see room bookings and try to find me another dining hall cos I said it 's pretty late notice , and she said oh no , it 's a week and I thought well I had booked it two months ago . |
| 13 | They will , they say , try to find her another post as a neo-natologist in the region , but can not guarantee her one . |
| 14 | Everything goes as planned and I soon bully him into the landing net , and from there the hook is removed and he is slid into my big , knotless keepnet , where he can lie safe and recover while I try to catch him some company . |
| 15 | Try to persuade her that life is still worth living . |
| 16 | And please try to give me some indication of where this man can be found . ’ |
| 17 | Fourth , pluralists try to have it both ways when interpreting the power significance of inactive interests and groups : they minimise the influence of the rich when they are inactive , but choose to exaggerate the influence of the poor unless they are inactive . |
| 18 | As always , the Liberals try to have it both ways , but they are up against canny farmers . |
| 19 | You want me to go jumping out of Dorniers again at five thousand feet in the dark like last time over Ireland and you try to hand me that kind of bollocks . ’ |
| 20 | She 's somebody who comes to the door and tries to sell you some make-up and perfume and toys and things . |
| 21 | Mr Crangle had tried to persuade him all night not to take the Bookman away but all Mr Slipper had done was smile and ask him not to be so unfriendly . |
| 22 | I have tried to convince you that problem solving is important and that it can be taught and learned by means of guided problem solving . |
| 23 | He 's trying to kill me this fucker ! |
| 24 | I was trying to find him some couple of pairs of socks but I could n't find anything I liked . |
| 25 | Taking a folder from a wire tray on the desk , he said , ‘ I 've been trying to reach you all morning . ’ |
| 26 | I was only trying to give you some support , Claudia . ’ |
| 27 | ( It will be found in Volume I of Hume 's Treatise which should be read at first hand , as we are not trying to do it any justice here . ) |
| 28 | But , even if she did find their name and address , since the alternator needed seemed to be going to take some time to track down , there seemed little point in trying to contact them that day . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've been trying to contact you all day . |
| 30 | ‘ So , while trying to contact you this morning , I made arrangements for us to fly to New York later on this afternoon . |