Example sentences of "they tried [to-vb] him [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | WIELDING a meat chopper , a man slashed and injured two government workers and a policeman yesterday as they tried to evict him from his home in Kowloon Walled City , which the Hong Kong government says is a slum and should be demolished . |
| 2 | They tried to eject him from the podium . |
| 3 | When they tried to stop him from taking into the colony a youth from the Political Special Section of the Army First Reserves , he appealed over their heads to the Workers ' and Peasants ' Inspectorate ( Rabkrin ) , which came down on his side . |
| 4 | On one occasion , they tried to interest him in the piano but that finished within three weeks with two surprises . |
| 5 | They tried to get him to America you see . |