Example sentences of "[adj] attempt [verb] out the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forgive my curiosity to see her : I prodded the ball of workers with a long stick , in a vain attempt to flush out the queen . |
| 2 | People close their windows at night in a vain attempt to shut out the sound of sirens and gunfire . |
| 3 | Yet it was not an unsuccessful attempt to bring out the best in his audience . |
| 4 | Like someone drowning , she fought for air , gasping and retching , covering her eyes in a futile attempt to blot out the memory of the crushed skull , the shattered features and the foul , oozing stain . |
| 5 | The Israeli Defence Forces ( IDF ) , moving beyond their self-declared " security zone " in southern Lebanon , entered UN-patrolled areas with tanks and troops on Feb. 15 in a widening attempt to wipe out the forces of militant Shia guerrilla organizations . |
| 6 | The first success disproved the thesis they ended up trying to vindicate , and they progressively discarded financial sanity in a crazy attempt to blot out the problems from their minds . |
| 7 | in a recent attempt to flush out the pike , sixteen specialist anglers paid a tenner apiece to attend an all night fishing match . |