Example sentences of "try [to-vb] he in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have got to try to outbowl him in the early matches because there is a good chance we may go into the Tests with only one spinner . |
| 2 | Our men tried to shoot him in the water , but it was dark , there was no moon — and we lost him . |
| 3 | Orders were sent to no fewer than four squadrons to try to engage him in the Irish Sea or , as a last resort , to intercept him off Brest on his way home ; but in the event none of them was needed for he was caught , almost by chance , near Kinsale on the southern coast of Ireland at daybreak on 29 February 1760 , by three frigates which had taken refuge there during the recent storm . |
| 4 | On one occasion , they tried to interest him in the piano but that finished within three weeks with two surprises . |
| 5 | He then tried to toss him in the air . |
| 6 | ‘ We tried to sign him in the summer that we bought Jim Leighton from Aberdeen , but the money Brondby were asking was out of the question , ’ said Mr Ferguson . |
| 7 | So I smiled nervously and slammed him in the mouth with the metal box , trying to kick him in the groin as he sagged , but his heavy overcoat protected him well . |
| 8 | Desperately she kicked backwards like a buck rabbit , trying to get him in the groin . |