Example sentences of "try [to-vb] he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Patrick McGoohan , who wrote the series , was looking for a car to use and Lotus tried to persuade him to use the Elan , ’ says Graham Nearn , managing director of Caterham Cars , which still makes the Seven today . |
| 2 | If you go back to the time United Biscuits felt they had to close their Liverpool factory , the bishops up in Liverpool marched on Hector Laing and tried to persuade him to put the decision off . |
| 3 | The next time he went to church she waylaid him after the evening service , and tried to persuade him to enter the hall , where — as he had guessed — a cup of tea was about to be made . |
| 4 | Kasparov said he had been negotiating with the FIDE president , Florencio Campomanes , for several days to try to persuade him to transfer the federation 's rights to stage the championship to the PCA and make Manchester a ‘ transitionary ’ match . |
| 5 | Aloud , she said , ‘ Did n't you try to persuade him to call the police ? ’ |
| 6 | Darren had been a poor feeder even in the early days and mother remembered spending hours with him trying to get him to take the bottle . |
| 7 | we were trying to get him to sell the Guinness fifty P a pint because it was Saint Patrick 's day |