Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [coord] tried [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You could have had a hundred casual affairs , and I 'd have adjusted to them somehow and tried to make you fall in love with me , but the thought that you 'd loved someone else and still loved him , because it seemed to have gone on over the years , periodically resumed … |
| 2 | That was something he would never yield up — it was his protection if the Tsar 's soldiers ever tracked him down and tried to drag him back to his regiment to be court-martialled and shot , which was what Mickey Aronson said would happen . |
| 3 | Ronni glared at him fiercely and tried to loosen his grip on her hair with a punch . |
| 4 | I pulled him away and tried to get him upstairs in case he was traumatized for life , but he kicked me in the balls . |
| 5 | When I prised her off and tried to stand her on the floor she kept rocking back and sitting on her tail , then falling over sideways and lying there like a stuffed parrot . |
| 6 | to put his coat on , I picked him up and tried to carry him , and he just flung himself around so hard I had to put him down and he immediately flung himself on the floor again ! |
| 7 | He had threatened to do it for some time , but only Hank had taken him seriously and tried to dissuade him . |
| 8 | ‘ He poured it through and tried to light several matches before one took hold and was tossed through the gap , ’ said Mr Joyce . |
| 9 | He took it away and tried to look normal but he felt awful . |
| 10 | Grimma propped it up and tried to concentrate above the noise . |
| 11 | He fanned it out and tried to read the addresses inside . |
| 12 | he opened his eyes and was confronted by a sheet of flame , so he closed them again and tried to undo his harness . |