Example sentences of "[adv] she tried [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says she hoped things would improve but they did n't so she tried to start a new life . |
| 2 | Desperately she tried to get the conversation back on an impersonal footing . |
| 3 | Desperately she tried to unscramble the confusion in her brain , searching in vain for a way to handle the situation , and it was sheer impulse that made her say , ‘ I came here to meet you — the wild man of the wilderness . |
| 4 | Later she tried to make an oven out of an iron safe , but it did not work . |
| 5 | No matter how hard she tried to make the most of herself Sally had always been aware that she could not hope to rival Paula and the knowledge had damaged her self-confidence so that she always lived with the feeling that people on meeting her for the first time would exclaim behind after back : ‘ Paula 's sister ? |
| 6 | Then she tried to soften the reprimand by adding : ‘ I might not have been here . ’ |
| 7 | Once on the ground again she tried pulling the horse , but still it would not budge an inch . |