Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [pers pn] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a paradox — one of the many paradoxes of mysticism — that even though mystics insist that their experiences are radically ineffable , many of the great mystics have felt compelled to write them down and to try to communicate them to others . |
| 2 | And whatever it was , Slorne now tried to communicate it to Creggan . |
| 3 | I tried to sell it to Ian |
| 4 | Police were alerted and a member of the Redcar crew , an offduty police Inspector David Cammish and a psychologist tried to talk him to safety . |
| 5 | Police were alerted and a member of the Redcar crew , an off-duty police inspector , David Cammish , and a psychologist tried to talk him to safety . |
| 6 | ‘ They ’ tried to send him to music lessons but he preferred to sit and copy an uncle who played boogie-woogie . |
| 7 | They tried to get him to America you see . |
| 8 | Although one of them tried to get him to America . |
| 9 | Tried to get us to stey up fur a slow wan . |
| 10 | She knew all about it in theory and tried to explain it to Enoch . |
| 11 | What she would do if he tried to take her to bed . |
| 12 | When we looked at the figures we proved that we would n't get any more business because of where people lived and when we tried to push them to Detroit over Amsterdam they would n't have it , people would prefer to drive to Gatwick . |
| 13 | The generator which tried to make it to Low Birk Hatt Farm , to provide camera lights , turned over on its side and had to be hauled out by tractor . |
| 14 | ‘ Why do n't you go outside and try to talk it to death ? ’ |
| 15 | Olwyn runs away when parents try to put her to bed . |
| 16 | I had decided that I should take control of the aeroplane and try to fly it to England . |
| 17 | Somehow you have to play devil 's advocate against your presentation and try to knock it to pieces . |
| 18 | tried to do joined writing , apparently we are supposed to do that as teachers , actually said got ta put their primary on primary education , it says sit down and write a poem in joined up writing and look at your own writing and before you try to teach it to children make sure that you know |
| 19 | The alert sergeant catches them in the act , and with the help of the vintners , tries to lead them to prison . |
| 20 | Well this is why we were trying to relate it to districts . |
| 21 | What made me laugh was the Conservative broadcast on Wednesday was real propaganda , trying to frighten you to death that if the Labour got in |
| 22 | I had problems with tutors trying to encourage me to diversity my work and experiment with other styles , but I was quite happy with the direction my work was heading so I stubbornly stuck to it . |
| 23 | I had problems with tutors trying to encourage me to diversity my work and experiment with other styles , but I was quite happy with the direction my work was heading so I stubbornly stuck to it . |
| 24 | and you go up this thing that winds in and out and like there 'd be cockerels sitting on the , on the little fences you have to go round , trying to peck you to death , er I was like only tiny , you know , it was just like |
| 25 | The Scottish chaplains spent several months in trying to convert him to Presbyterianism . |
| 26 | In effect they will be assessing you in much the same way that you make your own self-assessment and then trying to match you to jobs in the way that you should do when applying for jobs directly . |
| 27 | My son Lio ! rt is trying to hack him to pieces . |
| 28 | Well , we 're just trying to get ours to work tonight , it 's broke down . |
| 29 | Mr Morrison and his group can play their part by learning for themselves the full complexity of the problem and trying to convey it to Irish-Americans who see Irish unity as the only answer . |
| 30 | Let us imagine that Big Ted , having heard me talk about this point , is trying to explain it to Little Ted in the pub afterwards : |