Example sentences of "have tried [verb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mother has tried locking him in his room , and smacking him . |
| 2 | He 'd avoided giving her a direct answer when she 'd tried to ask him about his friendship with the actress , but it was obvious that there was a very real chemistry between them . |
| 3 | I should have kept my temper , she thought frantically ; I should never have tried to push him into the stream in the first place . |
| 4 | Had I known that he intended to throw his claim to the leadership into the ring within a matter of hours , I would have tried to dissuade him from it then and there , for people never like being bounced , and least of all at a time of emotional stress . |
| 5 | Mr Sugar revealed that at one point one of his children had tried to persuade him to ‘ throw in the towel ’ . |
| 6 | For years Claudia had tried to reconcile him to his mother . |
| 7 | His tragic owner John Goult , or ‘ Old Jack ’ as he was known to neighbours , also knew the pet he adored was very sick but had tried to spare him from being put to sleep . |
| 8 | I could see from the four small puncture marks on Fenella 's wrist that she had tried to stroke him during lunch . |
| 9 | Sean always had his wits about him and had tried to placate him by saying there was nothing they were doing at Rafferty 's Bar that would offend a brother , or would concern a policeman . |
| 10 | Later Scandinavian sources suggest a date of 1027 for the battle of Holy River , but this is rendered implausible by chapter 13 of the Letter sent by Cnut to England in that year , which mentions people who had tried to deprive him of his kingdom and his life , but whose power had been destroyed by God , and says that he is returning from Rome to Denmark to make peace with them . |
| 11 | Henry had tried to tempt him into making a racist statement by announcing that he had seen a black person outside the window two weeks ago , but all the constable had said was ‘ You do n't see many coloureds in this part of Wimbledon . ’ |
| 12 | But she had told him his daughter had been fathered by another man and she had tried to separate him from his main interest in life , the Club . |
| 13 | From the prologues to the Heautontimorumenos and the Adelphoe we know that his competitors had tried to discredit him for this . |
| 14 | She had tried to locate him for over two years , in both America and Canada , where John had been living and working for a number of years . |
| 15 | I have tried to bring him to me and failed and now I can not hope any longer . |
| 16 | I have tried to help him with his problems but we both get upset . |