Example sentences of "who tried [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report mentions one case of a man who tried to sell a plant which would convert rubbish into natural gas , and was only unmasked as a fraud at a late stage when it was shown that his scheme involved a chemically impossible process . |
| 2 | An animal lover , who tried to stop a gang hanging a cat from a tree , was punched and kicked before he could rescue it . |
| 3 | Run down by her own car … the nurse who tried to stop a thief . |
| 4 | POLICE hunting a bogus social worker who tried to snatch a child have arrested a woman . |
| 5 | Video pictures have been released of a man who tried to snatch a baby girl from her pushchair . |
| 6 | Well it 's like those lads that time who tried to nick a snooker table , they got it , they got it about a hundred yards |
| 7 | A MAN who tried to grab a briefcase containing a substantial sum of cash from a man in North Ormesby market-place , Middlesbrough , is being hunted by police . |
| 8 | A MASKED man who tried to attack a courting couple in their car was a serial rapist , police believe . |