Example sentences of "tried [to-vb] [pers pn] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police were alerted and a member of the Redcar crew , an offduty police Inspector David Cammish and a psychologist tried to talk him to safety . |
| 2 | Police were alerted and a member of the Redcar crew , an off-duty police inspector , David Cammish , and a psychologist tried to talk him to safety . |
| 3 | ‘ They ’ tried to send him to music lessons but he preferred to sit and copy an uncle who played boogie-woogie . |
| 4 | Tried to get us to stey up fur a slow wan . |
| 5 | What she would do if he tried to take her to bed . |