Example sentences of "tried [to-vb] [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was alone with the man she believed had killed once and tried to kill a second time . |
| 2 | She held the envelope to the light , squinting at it with one eye while she tried to read the first paragraph . |
| 3 | As Bernice tried to read the next line , Ell moved forward and stamped on the creature . |
| 4 | ( If you tried to swap the last column of a table without doing so you would jumble up your text ) |
| 5 | Sweden tried to take the first initiative only two days after the ending of the Maudling negotiations , inviting other states to send representatives to Stockholm to discuss how their trade policies might be better coordinated . |
| 6 | But when she tried to make a second foray she was hurled out bodily . |