Example sentences of "[noun prp] tried [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few minutes later , installed in the office , a small room looking out on to the quarantine quarters , Sophie tried to find a topic of conversation that would keep things on a professional basis . |
| 2 | Even in her hopelessly weakened condition , Maldita had lashed out when Perdita tried to put a rug on her . |
| 3 | The Portsmouth defence creaked but it never cracked as Andy Mutch and Sean Taylor tried to get a goal . |
| 4 | Isabel tried to stifle a pang at the thought that Guy had left instructions for their safety with his sister and not his wife . |
| 5 | With four minutes to go Wivenhoe almost snatched a late consolation when Westwood tried to clear a back pass but his kick only found Collins , whose shot hit the post . |
| 6 | Finally , Ghatak tried to find a way between popular melodrama and the avant-garde . |
| 7 | Early in the Algerian War Camus tried to arrange a truce , but after the failure of this initiative and the disappearance of any middle ground between the FLN-led Muslims and the French pieds noirs , he maintained a besieged mentality . |
| 8 | Scott tried to arrange a counter address to Palmerston and obtained eighteen or nineteen names , but ‘ the Gothic architects did not come forward in sufficient force to make it worth while ’ . |
| 9 | Sandison tried to catch a glimpse of her feet but found it difficult . |
| 10 | Anne wondered if Ella knew just how queer they were but only said , ‘ I think it would be better all round if Cormac tried to get a job . |
| 11 | ‘ What — ’ Rincewind tried to suppress a burp — ‘ what for ? |
| 12 | The trouble flared just before the final whistle when Maradona tried to stop a Cadiz defender intervening in a dispute over a foul . |
| 13 | Prometheus tried to rival a God called Zeus by stealing fire from heaven then giving it to Earth which is similar to Frankenstein 's actions because he stole the secret of life and proposed to give this to humans until it went disastrously wrong . |
| 14 | Rab tried to stage a comeback . |
| 15 | Fran tried to inject a dash of disdain into the denial , but it was hard when he kept looking at her mouth that way . |
| 16 | Lindsey tried to stifle a note of wistfulness . |
| 17 | EX-heavyweight boxing champ Danny McAlinden tried to stop a brawl and was arrested , a court heard yesterday . |
| 18 | In 1913 Lord Selborne tried to mount a campaign against the sale of honours but he had a lukewarm response : Salisbury thought it would not achieve anything useful , Lansdowne urged that the views of the party organizers should be sought , and Law urged him " not to obscure the Marconi issue " . |
| 19 | Nooty tried to press a pedal . |
| 20 | The swarm struck after Jack Ibbs tried to swat a queen bee from his cab in a lay-by in Upavon , Wilts . |
| 21 | On several occasions Giscard d'Estaing tried to broker a merger between the UDF and the RPR [ see p. 36706 ] . |
| 22 | Very hurriedly , Charles tried to save a situation that threatened to end his whole career . |
| 23 | He 's gone well here Agnew tried to curl a shot in it was blocked back to Ormanroyd now Lewis . |
| 24 | Ernest and Rosie tried to make a start on the repairs , but by then she had discovered that she was pregnant , and Ernest would not let her do any work that might involve strenuous effort . |
| 25 | Like Charles II in the following century , Henry tried to secure a pension from France . |
| 26 | Culley tried to make a tune of it . |
| 27 | THE son of millionaire fraudster Robert Maxwell tried to ban a charity children 's book which he claimed would set a jury against him . |
| 28 | Their first stop was Munich , where Wolfgang tried to get a job with the elector , but was refused . |
| 29 | The field , including eventual winner Sue Ogilvie , filed past as Smith tried to retrieve a shoe from the mud … |