Example sentences of "[noun prp] did try " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the context of validation of the theories , other cases would be needed from different cultures and other time periods , and sometimes Freud did try to fill out his work in this way . |
| 2 | Loreto did try and upset Portadown 's rhythm with some blatant stick tackling , but both umpires were in no mood to take any nonsense and carded two of the Dubliners . |
| 3 | Loreto did try and come back into the game , but they relied on the breakaway too much with Barnwell and O'Neill always on their own , and lacking the support necessary to cause problems for Portadown . |
| 4 | Then Pumfrey did try to comfort him , as he would have done one of his own . |
| 5 | His mother 's vegetarianism had been carefully respected at lunch , with the usual faint suggestion that it was aberrant and therefore embarrassing , although Sara did try to conceal her opinion . |
| 6 | However , Sally did try sniffing a few more times ( fortunately , without coming to any harm ) but then decided it was n't for her , and instead started drinking alcohol with her friends . |
| 7 | But suppose Arabella did try the light , and it did n't work . |
| 8 | Tom King did try on one occasion to attack Labour 's defence policy — but mainly on the grounds that it would lose jobs . |
| 9 | Carter did try to maintain détente and the continuing Soviet desire for arms control led to a SALT II treaty being signed with Brezhnev , in Vienna , in mid-1979 . |