Example sentences of "attempt [to-vb] her [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He smiled encouragingly , and Juliet was gratified by his attempt to include her in the conversation . |
| 2 | When Annie Besant was prosecuted with Charles Bradlaugh for publishing The Fruits of Philosophy , a book of contraceptive advice in 1877 , she faced public abuse and insinuations about the immorality of her private life , culminating in the successful attempt to deprive her of the custody of her young daughter . |
| 3 | He made no attempt to present her to the other man , however , apparently so deep in thought that he seemed to have forgotten her very existence . |
| 4 | We might as well both be invisible , she told herself with irritation , conveniently forgetting Luke 's earlier attempts to draw her into the conversation . |
| 5 | This would enable the men on the bank to keep her head up and give more time to spend on the attempts to raise her from the quagmire . |