Example sentences of "he try [to-vb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stevie cos he tried to fry himself the other week |
| 2 | He tried to sell him a picture . |
| 3 | He tried to sell me a Pottz picture . |
| 4 | He tried to remember what the weather had been like in the last week and realized he had no idea ; like many city-dwellers he had moved from flat to car to office without registering any variation . |
| 5 | Changez , being at heart a traditional Muslim , explained the teachings of the Koran on this subject to her , and then , when words were not sufficient to convince her , he tried to give her a whack . |
| 6 | He dismissed the question as so much supposition , but when he tried to give her a reassuring hug she wriggled free and went out on to the balcony to join the others . |
| 7 | He took care never to stay with her for more than twenty minutes , obeying both the spirit and the letter of Anthony 's orders , but he tried to give her a clear account of the eight days Kesselring had spent in the witness box , watching her face all the time for signs of boredom or exhaustion . |
| 8 | Wycliffe wanted her to talk , not merely to answer questions , and he tried to give her a new lead . |
| 9 | He only mentioned his wife to tell me he 'd just bought her something new to wear and he tried to give me the impression his brother-in-law was something of a poor fish because he could n't make ends meet . ’ |
| 10 | And then he tried to give us the slip and run off . |
| 11 | She 'd found her wallet of credit cards and flourished it under his nose , every fibre of her being poised to defy him if he tried to deny her the right to pay . |
| 12 | Tonight he tried to imagine what the Corsican looked like in a rage . |
| 13 | He tried to imagine what the inside of the Conference Room would look like now , and found he all too easily could . |
| 14 | He tried to imagine what the woman with short hair would look like with it long . |
| 15 | Indenbaum knew how badly Modigliani needed money so he tried to offer him a sum within his means for the beautiful oil , but Modigliani was offended and obliged Indenbaum to accept the portrait as a present . |
| 16 | He tried to find himself a new girl to take his mind off it : some new girl , because Peg had gone wrong . |