Example sentences of "and tried [to-vb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She leaned against the wooden wall , and tried to flatten herself as a tall thin man came out of an adjacent door and turned in her direction . |
| 2 | Cati went in to Rosa , who lay gripping the down coverlet , to cram it into her face and muffle her sobs ; she climbed up next to her , and stroked her head , and tried to cradle her with a thin arm across her shaking shoulders and felt herself going dry in her throat and choked up too ; Rosa twisted , her red face glowered up at Cati . |
| 3 | Frankie had seen it before and thought I would n't like it and tried to dissuade me from going in . |
| 4 | Penelope sat down at the dressing table and tried to do something to her hair . |
| 5 | The elder of the two policemen smiled at Sarah but she dropped her eyes and tried to busy herself at the sink . |
| 6 | She knows people and tried to dazzle me with names . |
| 7 | Here the reader has once again been won back onto Pip 's side after his care of Magwitch which seems especially significant as upon hearing that he was his true benefactor he loathes the man and tried to distance him from him , physically and socially . |
| 8 | She went to sleep , and woke to growl , ‘ Me least , ’ and he put a bath towel round her and tried to carry her into his bed-sitting room , but he was too frail to do it and she had to wake up again to walk by herself . |
| 9 | He insinuated his right hand under her arm and tried to ease her towards the Bayswater Road . |
| 10 | As a diversion , which would allow time for the passing of the trembling , I reached into my pocket , pulled out the tin of rubbers , and tried to open it in the dark . |
| 11 | The film sped up as Cameron ran out of the building , still in his tailcoat , and tried to lose himself in the streets around the Barbican . |
| 12 | I ca n't actually recall all the numbers , but I remember I was in the States at one point and I took the album over and tried to sell it to a record company . |
| 13 | He discovered the girl 's name was Stella and tried to engage her in gossip . |
| 14 | He was quite aware of her marital designs on him , but she was very much part of the life which he had rejected , even if she refused to recognise that fact , and tried to reclaim him for it . |
| 15 | Hilda got hysterical and tried to kill herself with aspirins . |
| 16 | During her last imprisonment in Holloway in 1911–12 , when several hundred women were being forcibly fed , she thought her death would end this mass torture and tried to kill herself by throwing herself downstairs ; although seriously injured , she survived . |
| 17 | ‘ You attacked me and tried to force yourself upon me , you wanted to blackmail me , you followed me around and spied on me in Helmsley — and you say I 've nothing to fear ! ’ |
| 18 | She knew all about it in theory and tried to explain it to Enoch . |
| 19 | Earlier , it was alleged that Casabona kidnapped the 15-year-old , raped her and tried to murder her by pumping exhaust fumes into the vehicle while they were both inside . |
| 20 | As the rebels , sword in hand , ran after the retreating cavalry , sonic of the royal infantry stood their ground and tried to take them in the flank but the heavy rain had left most of their cartridges too damp to fire and the frustrated musketeers thereupon also took to their heels . |
| 21 | When I prised her off and tried to stand her on the floor she kept rocking back and sitting on her tail , then falling over sideways and lying there like a stuffed parrot . |
| 22 | And so that Ven should know how truly sorry she was , she held on to him with both arms and tried to pull him to her . |
| 23 | She walked two paces backwards to the bed , only in her shirt , and tried to pull him on her as she fell . |
| 24 | As she leaned into the car , the attacker grabbed her and tried to pull her into the vehicle . |
| 25 | Stunned but ineffectual , she yelled in righteous rage and tried to pull herself to her feet , wanting nothing else but to throw herself at Duvall as … |
| 26 | He pulled out his billfold and tried to hand it to me . |
| 27 | As he approached the water she begged him to come with her and tried to drag him into the sea . |
| 28 | With Southampton trailing 2-1 and desperate for an equaliser , he grabbed the fan around the head and tried to drag him from the pitch . |
| 29 | He stopped and turned her towards him and tried to kiss her on the mouth . |
| 30 | Voluntary organisations took mainly ‘ first offenders ’ and tried to place them in domestic service . |