Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [pn reflx] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried to limit herself to the most important ones ( to nod ‘ yes ’ or shake her head ‘ no ’ , to point at an object her companion had failed to see ) , to use only gestures that did not pretend to be her original expression . |
| 2 | I may try to shrink myself to an infinitesimal point of thinking Ego to which all spontaneous process is external , but the spontaneous is always springing up at the centre of me , thrusting me forward or dragging me back , and it is only at the periphery that I can take full control of it . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's definitely an experience and I try to give myself to the moment and make the most of it . |
| 4 | If the book wins , it will control the character and try to deliver itself to a powerful follower of Slaanesh . |
| 5 | A previous landlady had tried to help herself to the orange juice to put in her gin . |
| 6 | What she is saying is that there are hundreds of millions of people out there who can let life go by without trying to relate themselves to the big issues . |
| 7 | She made a stab at a brittle laugh , trying to fit herself to the image of one of his sophisticated London women — a Wanda or Melissa who would hardly be embarrassed by such an admission . |