Example sentences of "[vb past] a [adj] attempt [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A LIFEBOATMAN today described a dramatic attempt to rescue a shrimper . |
| 2 | This occurred at a time when the Government support in the opinion polls was at one of its lowest ebbs and seemed a desperate attempt to create an atmosphere in which opposition to the Poll Tax became synonymous with criminality . |
| 3 | This was partly for the reasons given above , but also due to the very large Conservative majority in the hereditary House of Lords , which soon rejected a Liberal attempt to amend the 1902 Education Act . |
| 4 | She 'd meant her tone to be clipped and dismissive , but even to her own ears it sounded slurred and indistinct as she made a mental attempt to regain conscious control over the increased rhythm of her heart . |
| 5 | In 1416 the French made a serious attempt to regain Harfleur , which they blockaded by land and sea . |
| 6 | He recalled the movie Member of the Wedding which he described as ‘ the ONLY adult film I have ever seen which made a serious attempt to analyse the idea of adolescent loneliness being the prelude to alone-ness . ’ |
| 7 | He made a half-hearted attempt to brush away my hand . |
| 8 | The Minister made a half-hearted attempt to justify that claim , but he could not identify anything that he or the Government had positively done . |
| 9 | He came to life and made a half-hearted attempt to mop the milk up with his handkerchief . |
| 10 | Mum made a half-hearted attempt to calm her daughter down , but Mary shrugged her off and continued sobbing bitterly . |
| 11 | At one point I made a straightforward attempt to discover what principles were followed in the amalgamation of libraries which clearly would have involved duplication and manifold reasons for legitimate dispersals . |
| 12 | Although , in the early 1980s , the government made a successful attempt to make non-marketable debt more attractive , it is sales of marketable debt which remain the dominant means of funding the PSBR . |
| 13 | Cornelius made a vain attempt to do so . |
| 14 | Another man , again in an official car , was a bit late spotting the photographer and , as he turned into the car park , made a halfhearted attempt to pull on his seat belt . |
| 15 | She made a mild attempt to evade him but he cut across and landed in front of her , sitting , as she had first seen him , with the sheep and goats dithering and teetering before and around him . |
| 16 | But there was an heir , and the following year , the twenty-one year old prince , already Charles II to his followers , left the safety of Holland and made a desperate attempt to regain the throne . |
| 17 | Now , facing the hangman on an unrelated murder charge , Nofomela made a desperate attempt to save his life by singing like the Vienna Boys Choir . |
| 18 | Then Jessamy made a desperate attempt to put an end to this before the tension between them reached an even more dangerous level . |
| 19 | JOHN Major made a desperate attempt to stop the Edinburgh summit turning into a disaster last night . |
| 20 | Simkin made a ghastly attempt to smile . |
| 21 | Edward IV made a first attempt to remedy the situation within weeks of his brother 's sixteenth birthday , when he gave Richard the land of Robert lord Hungerford , lying mainly in Somerset and Wiltshire . |
| 22 | Edward IV made a first attempt to remedy the situation within weeks of his brother 's sixteenth birthday , when he gave Richard the land of Robert lord Hungerford , lying mainly in Somerset and Wiltshire . |
| 23 | Quickly , Alina stepped around her so that she could hold Sandy 's head in both of her hands ; Sandy made a weak attempt to struggle , but it was like fighting a rock . |
| 24 | When , in 1839 , the Sultan made a disastrous attempt to recoup his losses of 1833 , all the Great Powers saw the need for keeping the new conflict within bounds . |
| 25 | In Tudor times Henry VIII made a valiant attempt to collect some of the revenue lost to him by the employment of the " use " . |
| 26 | She made a valiant attempt to shrug her shoulders , succeeding only in displaying a deep shudder . |
| 27 | Now do n't take that too literally , certainly in sub zero temperatures and I think the first of December and to do so would I think er have er maybe with some risk of being in 's phrase stark raving bonkers but by that you may think I mean that I think we made a fair attempt to deal with the three principle issues which have caused so much annoyance to user groups , there 's a backlog in modification orders . |
| 28 | But , realising that it was n't very good manners to sit there bemoaning her lot , she made a huge attempt to get over her disappointment , and trotted out lightly , ‘ Oh well , perhaps it 's fortunate that I find Mariánské Láznë quite an enchanting place . ’ |
| 29 | The inner cities came seriously on to the political agenda and Michael Heseltine made a brave attempt to introduce new policies to tackle the undoubted deprivation . |
| 30 | Letters had arrived from Joe and Terry and from Eileen who was desperately homesick , although she made a brave attempt to write cheerfully . |