Example sentences of "have tried [to-vb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyone who has tried to alter their own habits , like going on a diet or giving up smoking , will realise the degree of ill-ease and anxiety it causes . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've tried to tell her that . |
| 3 | Lined up against the working mums were women who 'd given up work to look after their children , women who 'd had working mothers themselves and felt they had missed out , and women who had tried to do it all and given up the struggle . |
| 4 | Mr Crangle had tried to persuade him all night not to take the Bookman away but all Mr Slipper had done was smile and ask him not to be so unfriendly . |
| 5 | Someone had tried to kill her that very morning . |
| 6 | In 1959 , TANU had tried to launch its own National Times press with Nyerere as chairman , the ambitious plan being to publish a Swahili daily , an English daily and a Gujerati weekly . |
| 7 | I have tried to establish my own territory in the attic , outside the country of my ancestors . |
| 8 | I have tried to convince you that problem solving is important and that it can be taught and learned by means of guided problem solving . |