Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [noun prp] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Geoffrey Bayldon was accidentally transported from the 11th century to the 20th as the wizard Catweazle , while vandals in Australia tried to kill Skippy the bush kangaroo at Watarah National Park . |
| 2 | ‘ Somebody tried to murder Joe the Fish earlier . ’ |
| 3 | They were trying to catch Jack the Ripper . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been busy trying to give Frank the backing he deserves , but we , the board , ca n't go into the dressing room and pick the side . |
| 5 | Which one , yeah that 's the one that erm Kim 's been trying to get Lorraine the Bennetton one . |
| 6 | But even some ofthe President 's closest supporters reckon the scandal-mongers have gone too far by trying to link Clinton the Rhodes Scholar with the Soviet secret services . |