Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [pers pn] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | So it 's still a pretty good wildlife area — and we must try to keep it that way . |
| 3 | Do n't try to tell me that life is fair . |
| 4 | Try to persuade her that life is still worth living . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ Are you trying to tell me that Bella ; Bella ? — who according to you has slept with half of London — expects you to go through this … this disgusting pantomime in order to get a divorce ? |
| 9 | ‘ Are you trying to tell me that Ace blackmailed you into becoming his lover ? ’ |
| 10 | This might be because Dickens is trying to tell us that society should be close-knit one and not isolated into different units . |
| 11 | If we believed in omens or portents , then I think we should have taken notice of some of the things someone or something was trying to tell us that June day . |
| 12 | ‘ Exactly , ’ said David , grinning at her , ‘ and I shall go on trying to show him that Socialism is a fairer and much more just system than Capitalism . ’ |