Example sentences of "trying [to-vb] him [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But at this second exhibition Flatpattern 's ex-wife , who has been trying to track him down for alimony , appears , denounces him and the syndicate and mayhem breaks out . |
| 2 | Quinn said : ‘ Bobby Gould was prepared to take a gamble on me at Coventry , so I will be trying to pay him back for that by scoring even more goals . |
| 3 | They 've been trying to get him out for years and years ! |
| 4 | I 've been trying to pin him down for weeks . ’ |
| 5 | I know that whether it was trying to dig him up for some doubles at Kyalami or just dropping in on him aboard the Queen Mary , I always called up first to make sure he was not otherwise engaged , and I can recall many times when James appeared at the track looking benign but far from fresh . |