Example sentences of "tried [verb] [pers pn] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ERIC Butler , a charity worker , fought back with his swordstick when a mugger tried to strangle him on the London Underground in 1987 . |
| 2 | When I prised her off and tried to stand her on the floor she kept rocking back and sitting on her tail , then falling over sideways and lying there like a stuffed parrot . |
| 3 | He tried to flog it on the bus |
| 4 | One day , as I tried to serve her on the quiet , two deep meaningful coughs from behind me raised the small hairs on my neck . |
| 5 | Well I tried to fix them on the door and they would n't stay |
| 6 | He stopped and turned her towards him and tried to kiss her on the mouth . |
| 7 | If you tried to pat her on the shoulder and say ‘ There , there , ’ anything might happen . |
| 8 | He then tried putting them on the roll — about tyre . |
| 9 | So he tried to show them on the piano . |
| 10 | Newman had kept the conversation general , fending Evelyn off when she tried to bring it on a more personal basis . |