Example sentences of "tries [verb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cover-up — a card is placed in the tray , the child studies the word beneath it then covers it and tries to spell it from memory , using the cubes . |
| 2 | But suddenly , around one minute into the round , the Champ drops his gloves to his sides , exposing his chin , and when his opponent tries to reach it with punches , he pulls his head back and away , just like the Ali we remember , causing the kid to miss by less than an inch . |
| 3 | Thus , if the body clock is delayed then one tries to advance it by giving bright light in the morning , and if it is advanced then the light is given in the evening to delay it . |
| 4 | Fig 101 The wind bends at the shoreline in an offshore breeze and tries to cross it at 90 degrees . |
| 5 | Thus the process of contract formation arising out of the exchange of documents containing or referring to standard terms creates considerable problems when one tries to fit it into the framework of offer and acceptance . |
| 6 | he tries to do it with one finger but he 's just not quite strong enough |
| 7 | Yeah the l that 's the laughable thing as well , he tries to criticize it on ideological grounds |
| 8 | car , when someone tries to describe it to you . |
| 9 | The second player then breathes in and tries to take it off the first until it reaches the player at the end . |
| 10 | In Dr S 's view , the discourse of the emotional is devalued in the rest of the department , and she tries to bring it to the fore . |
| 11 | In another cliffhanger the Saltires , for whom Paul Hull was outstanding , came off second-best again when Mark ‘ Turbo ’ Thomas powered over for two tries to clinch it for the holders ( 12–10 ) . |
| 12 | So he puts it on the table and tries to squash it into shape , and by the time he 's got his mouth full of that he ca n't make a sound . |
| 13 | He said : ‘ If a player flicks up the ball and tries to head it to his goalkeeper , or flicks it up for someone else to knock back , he 'll be booked for ungentlemanly conduct . ’ |