Example sentences of "he tried [verb] out [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to open out the conversation . |
| 2 | The agent hesitated as he tried to read out the name of the Russian ship from the bill of laden in his hand . |
| 3 | With everyone else gone Tonks had to fend for himself so he tried to find out the truth . |
| 4 | First he scratched away the plaster , then he tried to pull out the bricks . |
| 5 | He tried to straighten out the brim but it had been curled and folded so often it was beyond repair . |
| 6 | Hovering in the doorway , Wilson heard Mr Browning plead with her to say something to him and then she listened while he tried to make out a case for the French Emperor , to argue this might not be the betrayal it seemed , and that all hope might not be lost . |