Example sentences of "tried [to-vb] [pers pn] [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's been a lifelong ambition of mine to beat him but at the big jump before Ballyboley Corner , Joey whizzed past me and although I tried to catch him again and take a tight line at Ballyboley he had just too much experience and he held on to beat me . |
| 2 | Perkin tried to pull them apart and got smartly knocked down by Nolan , quick and tough with his fists as with his riding . |
| 3 | His friend tried to pull him out but went in as well . |
| 4 | The dog tried to pull him out and fell in too . |
| 5 | I took her inside the house and tried to calm her down and called the police . |
| 6 | Horses rearing and neighing , as ostlers and stable-boys tried to calm them down and lead them away . |
| 7 | I found a woman talking unhappily into a telephone and tried to cheer her up and went on trying even after her boyfriend or husband appeared from somewhere . |
| 8 | And Miss P told him that if ever any man tried to mess him about or to make him do things he did n't want to do then he should come right back to The Bar and tell us , and we 'd sort the man out for him . |
| 9 | Wendy tried to call him back but got no reply . |
| 10 | Lesley-Jane Decker , if she was having an affair with Michael Banks , might have turned against him because he tried to break it off or committed one of the million other offences which men can commit against women with whom they are having affairs . |
| 11 | ‘ He is a big man , a foot taller than me , and he tried to push me back and kissed me . |