Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [pers pn] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says a man tried to abduct her in similar circumstances around the time of the murder . |
| 2 | I tried to help them in other ways , too . |
| 3 | As a child , even though my parents were divorced and my mother did n't have much money , I would scream and shout whenever she tried to put me in some of my sister 's hand-me-downs . |
| 4 | Sometimes at least they seem to have reported to Stockholm independently of the chief under whom they served ; and in the later years of the eighteenth century Gustavus III sometimes tried to use them in this way as agents of a secret personal diplomacy . |
| 5 | Cambridge liked undergraduates reading theology to have two years over the work and believed that if they tried to do it in fourteen months they would do it superficially , or else they would be sure to hurt themselves by overwork . |
| 6 | My legacy to my children would be not to try to influence them in any way as to what they should study . |
| 7 | Voluntary organisations took mainly ‘ first offenders ’ and tried to place them in domestic service . |
| 8 | Was there an intention to try to blackmail her in some way as well as Derek ? |
| 9 | We 've been criticised for bringing him in so late but we tried to bring him in earlier . |
| 10 | Since h(n) is not known during the search we can try to estimate it in some way . |
| 11 | Did they try to victimize you in any other way ? |
| 12 | But try to implicate me in any way — or use me as a trade-off- and it 'll be added to the police clear-up rate faster than the eye can follow . |
| 13 | Try to meet them in non-political situations and when you do not want anything from them . |
| 14 | It is quite reasonable for someone to draw on specific groups and try to understand particular pieces of action , to use a wider theoretical framework in which to place these actions and try to understand them in this way . |
| 15 | " Dull for the telephone men , I 'm afraid , " I said , " but try to keep them in good heart . |
| 16 | While Blanche tries to pass him in one of the passages he grabs her and he hurts her in the cruellest and most brutal way . |
| 17 | Lowell had tried to form her in that woman 's image . |
| 18 | It has several aspects , including : ( a ) the range of options offered to the teacher is crucial in fitting the program to his style and enabling him to contribute effectively , but too many will be confusing ( b ) the designer may see a whole range of possible extensions to the teaching possibilities of the program : the lengthy development process of all good teaching units makes such extensions attractive but trying to include them in one program will tend to make it difficult to ‘ see through ’ and to use ( c ) the desire for compatibility with different hardware configurations often inspires programming constraints that can be severe ; conversely , programs that fully exploit the facilities of a particular microcomputer are likely to be difficult to transfer . |
| 19 | This whole issue about er children , junior church , other activities , children being compromised , adults finding it difficult to insist or persuade their children , that they should be in junior church , when other folks are trying to tempt them in other directions . |
| 20 | From what Morse said it looks as though he was trying to flog it in some under-the-counter deal , but I do n't see how it helps us . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Why are you trying to split us in two ? |
| 22 | A choreographer should translate this definition into dance terms thus : taking the moods , emotions and actions expressed , understood and observed by everyone in general and using natural gestures when applying the rules of choreographic grammar without trying to express them in any other way . |
| 23 | As he pressed eagerly forward , his long beard streaming In the wind and rain , two Spanish friars snapped at his heels , still desperately trying to persuade him in Latin to die in the faith ; they continued to exhort him at the stake , where , according to Foxe , he lifted up his eyes to heaven , as he held his offending hand in the fire , and died using the words of Stephen : ‘ Lord Jesus receive my spirit . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Maybe that is true , but I ca n't see how it will deter a side which has superior scrummaging from trying to use it in such a situation ’ , said Ken Rowlands , the WRU director of refereeing . |
| 25 | One minute he was kissing her as if he never wanted it to stop , and the next he was trying to protect her in some cryptic , jaded way from a danger that seemed clear to him but was a mystery to her . |
| 26 | The delicious and time-consuming dishes and sauces they used to make may no longer be possible for them , for many reasons , so there should be no hesitation in trying to interest them in some of the tinned and packet products which may be just as good for them if fresh milk has to be added . |
| 27 | ‘ What were you trying to teach me in this Lord ? ’ |
| 28 | She looked right at O and Boy when she said this and it was as if she was trying to scare them in particular , even as if she was trying to frighten them away from each other , as if she was saying , to them , and to all of us , this is what you have to go through , right ? |
| 29 | I do n't yet know what their comments will be and I ‘ m not trying to influence them in one direction or another . |
| 30 | Perhaps there were good reasons for trying to outwit him in this way ? |