Example sentences of "try [coord] [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her hand came up to rub her forehead to try and make her think more clearly . |
| 2 | If anything , they pulled together to try and protect her from those very failures you think hurt her so much . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We 've got to try and bring her about . |
| 4 | I 'd sent Mum to the acupuncturist to try and give her some energy , and Jack and I were in the house when we heard a terrible thud . |
| 5 | He ran to his car , calling back to Aunt Nellie as he started up the engine : ‘ Ring up the A.A. box at Begwith and tell them to try and stop her . ’ |
| 6 | He quickened his pace to try and intercept her but the crowds on the pavement and the traffic on the street intervened . |
| 7 | And if not I 'll see if I can think of an excuse to try and contact her myself . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Do you think Tess would want me to try and find her ? ’ |
| 9 | Considerable efforts have been made to try and trace her . |
| 10 | When I met the mother she was extremely depressed verging on suicidal and was given by the workers at the clinic a new sari to try and cheer her up . |
| 11 | The Captain was aware that at this stage she was still sufficiently frightened by what had happened to her to be hiding something , but experience told him that U would be useless to try and force her . |
| 12 | The resemblance was there , not so much in looks but in the way she held herself , the way she looked out at the world with that little smile that dared anyone to try and touch her , he thought , remembering . |
| 13 | Presumably Camb 's going to try and get her to tell him just why a seasoned driver like Fanshawe overturned his car on an empty road . |
| 14 | I want to try and get her in for er into the auctions for Wednesday . |
| 15 | So you know , I say things like oh I 'm going down to see Zoey now before dinner and like she 'll follow me down or something and I 'll say oh are you going into the saloon or like to try and get her to not come with me , then I feel so guilty I think well poor Marina , you know , she 's here in a foreign country , she has n't got any friends and she 's all by herself and I would n't like it if I was in her position |
| 16 | When she saw him do this , Melanie knew he was going to kiss her or to try and kiss her . |
| 17 | Was Elinor perhaps going to try and top her as well ? |
| 18 | After a while I decided it was best to try and help her get on better with her father , and now by interfering between them I 've been the cause of her being kidnapped . |
| 19 | They were careful to try and include her , of course . |
| 20 | We dumped Carol face down and I leaned over to try and turn her . |
| 21 | She 's knows you 'll try and lift her . |
| 22 | Isabella perceives clearly the game Angelo is playing : here she is angry and frustrated — do n't try and make her too ‘ nice ’ a character . |
| 23 | Think I was gon na try , try and make her some . |
| 24 | He made one as if he should try and comfort her , but turned away , walked upstage and on the balcony with his back to the audience , raised his arms widely only to drop them helplessly . |
| 25 | I 'm gon na try and leave her here ! |
| 26 | I suppose they might try and sellotape her to the walls of their cells . |
| 27 | I 'll have a word with her when she 's awake , she 's still on a third dream I should think at the moment but she 's er , certainly good talking , I could , I could try and get her without her knowing about it and see what happens , just dinner time I 'll take it down and try it , oh you 're gon na take it round Steve 's ai n't you ? |
| 28 | Lawton shuffled uneasily , but did n't try and contradict her or go back on his description . |
| 29 | I did try and help her about how to run a war because it 's such a long time since anybody 's run a war — I mean the technical methods of running a war — which she did very well . |
| 30 | I know but I was gon na try and catch her on her dinner or something . |