Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Burn tried to tend him the plane exploded . |
| 2 | She 'd found her wallet of credit cards and flourished it under his nose , every fibre of her being poised to defy him if he tried to deny her the right to pay . |
| 3 | He only mentioned his wife to tell me he 'd just bought her something new to wear and he tried to give me the impression his brother-in-law was something of a poor fish because he could n't make ends meet . ’ |
| 4 | The ship 's doctor tried to give them the kiss of life but they could not be revived . |
| 5 | I tried to give her the kiss of life . |
| 6 | And then he tried to give us the slip and run off . |
| 7 | And I think they tried to drug me the night before I rode Shine On at York . ’ |
| 8 | But it 's written for the non-microprocessor specialist to try to show him the way to erm exploit these things . |
| 9 | If we release you , you will try to expose us the way Ward was going to . ’ |
| 10 | She knew that he had tried to give her the impression that he was going off on a promiscuous adventure and expected this to arouse in her both admiration and jealousy , but as Lydia 's misdemeanours were more of the spirit than of the flesh she found promiscuity not merely sinful but foolish and disgusting . |
| 11 | He could n't actually tell me what was going on because that would put him in shtuck but he was trying to tip me the wink . |
| 12 | ‘ I want to know what you told the copper , what he told you , why you sent Sal down to Cawthorne 's place at the weekend , what you 're going to do about her now , what you intend doing about Alec Reynolds now that he 's dead and why you 're trying to give me the bum 's rush . |
| 13 | Everyone , save Babs Osborne , understood that her Polish lover was trying to give her the push . |
| 14 | His girlfriend was trying to give him the kiss of life . |
| 15 | What I 'm trying to do is trying to get it the way it will be in an exam so , cos in an exam you 're |
| 16 | And erm and Miss asked why we were n't friends any more and we goes well she lied and you know , she splits up most people by doing that cos they were trying to tell us the truth and we would n't listen . |
| 17 | And er , then I should go to the bobbin shop and ask them if they could get these done today and er , well we got this on , I said no but I , we want it if you could leave them on one side and erm I used to er I , I became , if I might say so and I 'm not boasting or bragging or anything , Michael , I 'm trying to tell you the situation as it was and er I was a very important man to and er they er got me er at one time to er figure out , they , they used to make what was called Woolworths locks . |