Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she tried to evict him an undignified struggle would only ensue and she would n't give him the satisfaction . |
| 2 | As Burn tried to tend him the plane exploded . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , it is of some importance to try to establish what the effect of this learning environment is on the actual communication between deaf and hearing people . |
| 4 | He tried to find himself a new girl to take his mind off it : some new girl , because Peg had gone wrong . |
| 5 | Perhaps he was going to try to sell her a story for the column ? |
| 6 | He tried to remember what the weather had been like in the last week and realized he had no idea ; like many city-dwellers he had moved from flat to car to office without registering any variation . |
| 7 | But Yanek , the youngest grandson , tried and tried to remember what the sun-god had told him to do . |
| 8 | He vaguely tried to remember what the friar had told him . |
| 9 | Stevie cos he tried to fry himself the other week |
| 10 | He tried to sell him a picture . |
| 11 | Someone came to the shop and tried to sell him an old cross with paste stones in it . |
| 12 | A youth tried to sell me a Socialist Worker and seemed confused when I told him that in my experience the words were diametrically opposed . |
| 13 | He tried to sell me a Pottz picture . |
| 14 | Masklin tried to imagine what a sea cow looked like . |
| 15 | She tried to imagine what an imposing building it must have been in its time . |
| 16 | Tonight he tried to imagine what the Corsican looked like in a rage . |
| 17 | He tried to imagine what the inside of the Conference Room would look like now , and found he all too easily could . |
| 18 | He tried to imagine what the woman with short hair would look like with it long . |
| 19 | She 'd found her wallet of credit cards and flourished it under his nose , every fibre of her being poised to defy him if he tried to deny her the right to pay . |
| 20 | Clearly , a large part of the job of a person making a submission to the court is to ‘ know ’ the judge , to try to predict what the judge does and does not want to hear and so on . |
| 21 | He only mentioned his wife to tell me he 'd just bought her something new to wear and he tried to give me the impression his brother-in-law was something of a poor fish because he could n't make ends meet . ’ |
| 22 | I tried to give him a withering look . |
| 23 | The ship 's doctor tried to give them the kiss of life but they could not be revived . |
| 24 | Ms Brigitte Nielsen , the augmented embonpoint , ‘ belted ’ a ‘ fan ’ who tried to give her a ‘ kiss ’ ; |
| 25 | Changez , being at heart a traditional Muslim , explained the teachings of the Koran on this subject to her , and then , when words were not sufficient to convince her , he tried to give her a whack . |
| 26 | He dismissed the question as so much supposition , but when he tried to give her a reassuring hug she wriggled free and went out on to the balcony to join the others . |
| 27 | Preston stumbled out of bed and tried to give her a hug , but she fought him off as if it was an attack . |
| 28 | He took care never to stay with her for more than twenty minutes , obeying both the spirit and the letter of Anthony 's orders , but he tried to give her a clear account of the eight days Kesselring had spent in the witness box , watching her face all the time for signs of boredom or exhaustion . |
| 29 | Wycliffe wanted her to talk , not merely to answer questions , and he tried to give her a new lead . |
| 30 | He shifted uncomfortably and tried to give her a reassuring grin . |