Example sentences of "and tried [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We used numerous tactics trying to engage their support and tried to enlist the help of the Prime Minister , the Royal Family , the Scottish Office and as Helen Martin said ‘ If we had known the address of the man up above ( God ) we would have wrote to him as well . ’ |
| 2 | Rosa cast an eye at her mother 's frowning back where she attended to some task and tried to exchange a glance of impatience with Tommaso . |
| 3 | I thought we had him last year when he lost his rag in a pub down in Kent and tried to push a glass through the landlord 's face . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ As he opened the door he saw the youths and tried to push the door to . |
| 5 | One section of the women backed the men ; another formed a separate union for a short while and tried to resist the ban called for in the men 's memorial . |
| 6 | She stared blankly at the boys for a couple of seconds , then shook her head and tried to ignore the fears that crowded her . |
| 7 | Charity tried to prise her eyes open , but , failing that , she pulled her pillow over her head , and tried to ignore the noise outside . |
| 8 | From Glamis , her home for the moment , Groa moved about her concerns with the farm people and tried to ignore the rumble of wagons taking felled timber to the palisade , or men with pickaxes and shovels on their way to Dunsinane , where the old ring-fort below the watch-station had received new stone-and-earth walls , and shelters for folk as well as animals . |
| 9 | Still she lifted her chin slightly and tried to ignore the media attention , knowing that it was all really centred on Ace and that she was nothing more than a decorative addition to his charismatic presence . |
| 10 | Charles had persuaded Miles to stop and tried ringing the bell on the gate . |
| 11 | It 's believed the man assaulted two officers and tried to snatch a gun from one of the officer 's holsters . |
| 12 | Annoyed , he had reached across Ben and tried to touch the steering wheel and Ben had slapped his hand lightly . |
| 13 | There the changing of the locks is easily to be explained by the needs of security ; and the fact that they paid the rates and settled the electricity bill and tried to improve the premises really takes the matter no further . |
| 14 | He ran both hands up into the roots of her hair , which she happened to be wearing down , and tried to plant a kiss on her forehead . |
| 15 | Police sealed off central East Berlin and tried to disperse the crowds . |
| 16 | The station thus harboured a community of people who slept , ate , cooked , suckled infants , and tried to earn a living there . |
| 17 | He described them as ‘ associates ’ and tried to visit every store at least once a year ( always staying at budget motels ) . |
| 18 | He smelt their fetid breath and tried to control the shuddering of his body , fighting against the nauseous panic which curdled his stomach and made his legs so weak he longed to sit down . |
| 19 | I stood up with knees that felt like buckling and tried to open the door into the dock ; and it was as immovable from outside as from in . |
| 20 | He turned and tried to open the door again , but it was impossible to do so . |
| 21 | Robyn cleared her throat awkwardly and tried to muster a voice that sounded as if she was in total control . |
| 22 | The plaintiff , a police officer , saw that highway users were in danger and tried to stop the horse . |
| 23 | Clarke , a substitute for Sanchez , robbed Stein and tried to steer the ball home but Chamberlain , playing only his second game since November , saved well . |
| 24 | Charles consumed most of the Valpolicella and tried to steer the conversation away from anything to do with Marius Steen . |
| 25 | Ajeya Singh returned to India and tried to refute the allegations , pointing out numerous flaws in the report , and offered his passport as evidence that he had not been in St Kitts when he was supposed to have signed documents opening the account with the now-defunct bank , the First Trust Corporation . |
| 26 | First the social worker went in at the old man 's request , and tried to persuade the daughter and son-in-law to leave . |
| 27 | The Central Authority were extremely worried about the transfer of lump sums to municipal coffers , or rebates paid to consumers , and tried to persuade the Government to act to prevent such abuses pending nationalisation . |
| 28 | Rostov walked a little way off , squatted on his heels on the grass , and tried to pretend a calm he did not feel . |
| 29 | Suppose , for instance , she had spent the weekend in some South Coast resort and tried to hitch a lift back to London from your father ? ’ |
| 30 | Nevertheless , he regarded himself as " deaf and dumb " , declared his support for the retention of this phrase and tried to counter the arguments for its abandonment . |