Example sentences of "try [to-vb] him [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to catch him this morning , before we went to our appointments , but he would n't speak to me . |
| 2 | Several drunk Britons tried to hang him one night , and would have succeeded had not a French Corporal cut him down in time . |
| 3 | Everything goes as planned and I soon bully him into the landing net , and from there the hook is removed and he is slid into my big , knotless keepnet , where he can lie safe and recover while I try to catch him some company . |
| 4 | Mr Crangle had tried to persuade him all night not to take the Bookman away but all Mr Slipper had done was smile and ask him not to be so unfriendly . |
| 5 | I was trying to find him some couple of pairs of socks but I could n't find anything I liked . |
| 6 | ‘ Exactly , ’ said David , grinning at her , ‘ and I shall go on trying to show him that Socialism is a fairer and much more just system than Capitalism . ’ |