Example sentences of "[verb] try [to-vb] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Althusser 's historical interest derives from the fact that he represents the only orthodox Marxist theorist who has tried to get out of Hegel while remaining a Marxist — though for many Marxists he did sacrifice Marxism in the process , which only suggests how closely Marxism and Hegelianism are intertwined .
2 Erm and we 're attempting to try to get over to people please please think before you get a pet .
3 Are you still going to try to get back to England this summer ?
4 As far as I recall , the Krooms were not the best tacticians and kept trying to throng out of holes in the ground only to have their bodies dismembered and decapitated by the two knights .
5 I kept trying to get back to Changez 's lugubrious face , which reclined morosely in his good hand as the guests filled the air around him with cultivated noises .
6 Built at the start of hostilities , facing the estuary , it was now used by playing children , courting couples , and the odd customers who , thanks to Knocker 's cider , had been taken short and decided not to risk trying to get home in time .
7 He thought it a punishment for the note the young cleric had tried to smuggle out via De Gaulle .
8 Yeah , she 's , for the last three nights running , right , every night she 's tried to get out of Ben 's car when we drop her off home
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