Example sentences of "[subord] [noun pl] tried [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These computations were not seen as hard to explain until engineers tried to programme the newly available ‘ computer ’ to perform them . |
| 2 | A YOUNG nurse died because doctors tried to save her good looks , an inquest heard . |
| 3 | A YOUNG nurse died because doctors tried to save her good looks , an inquest heard yesterday . |
| 4 | On the M-Four the westbound carriageway at junction thirteen had to be closed while police tried to recover a lorry . |
| 5 | Pigs wandered here with bells slung round their necks to show they were the property of the Hospital of St Anthony and could n't be slaughtered Beadles armed with steel-pointed staffs dispersed fowl or curbed the yapping of fierce yellow-haired dogs , whilst bailiffs tried to move on a strange creature dressed like a magpie in black and white rags . |
| 6 | The Austrian news agency , APA , giving further details of the weekend clash which began after crowds tried to stop police evicting a popular priest and human rights campaigner , Pastor Laszlo Tokes , said tanks had driven into the crowds and soldiers opened fire without warning . |
| 7 | A driver who forgot to pay a parking fine is in hospital with his arm broken in three places after bailiffs tried to collect the money . |
| 8 | SEXY singer Anita Dels had to be rescued by security guards after fans tried to drag her offstage during a packed gig . |
| 9 | The trouble started after friends tried to stop him driving because he 'd been drinking . |
| 10 | The twenty three year old footballer had been drinking and became involved in a brawl in Church Street after friends tried to stop him driving because he 'd drunk too much . |
| 11 | The trouble started after friends tried to stop him driving because he 'd been drinking . |
| 12 | The twenty three year old footballer had been drinking and became involved in a brawl in Church Street after friends tried to stop him driving because he 'd drunk too much . |
| 13 | The trouble started after friends tried to stop him driving because he 'd been drinking . |
| 14 | The twenty three year old footballer had been drinking and became involved in a brawl in Church Street after friends tried to stop him driving because he 'd drunk too much . |
| 15 | The trouble started after friends tried to stop him driving because he 'd been drinking . |
| 16 | The twenty three year old footballer had been drinking and became involved in a brawl in Church Street after friends tried to stop him driving because he 'd drunk too much . |
| 17 | Last year , as deputies tried to dislodge him , he counter-attacked by forcing through elections to the new post of President . |
| 18 | When researchers tried to mimic the results on other animals , such as chick embryos , it did not have the same effect . |
| 19 | In fact , the notational shortcomings of writing only became apparent when authors tried to reproduce the talk of individuals . |
| 20 | A little later , when bankers tried to become retailers of financial services , they raided consumer-goods marketeers . |
| 21 | The warning of delays came as workers tried to get the offices , which are in the devastated area around the Mall , back into working order . |
| 22 | During the latter part of the 1970s , cash limits , known as External Financing Limits ( EFLs ) , were introduced as governments tried to control public spending . |
| 23 | When officials tried to eject him , Mr Gollnisch tried to punch his neighbours . |
| 24 | When officials tried to eject him , he tried to punch his neighbours . |
| 25 | Veronese 's monumental ‘ The Marriage at Cana ’ in the Louvre was seriously damaged when curators tried to check whether it was securely hung . |
| 26 | Hundreds of billions changed hands as dealers tried to force President Mitterrand into a humiliating devaluation . |
| 27 | He threatened to quit the hit series when writers tried to turn the gentle fireman-turned-'tec into a trendy , big-time operator involved with glamour girls and car chases : ‘ It just was n't on , ’ said Michael , back on Tuesday ( ITV , 9pm ) for a seventh Boon series , in a 13-week run . |
| 28 | When Ludens tried to ask him about his ‘ thoughts ’ , he replied that he had ‘ difficulties ’ which they might discuss ‘ later on ’ . |
| 29 | He was in intensive care in Maidstone Hospital last night as surgeons tried to save his arm . |
| 30 | When neighbours tried to visit , she had Jennifer send them away , and when they said Mr Drew might be coming down to call on her , she became very agitated because the last thing she wanted was a turncoat parson at her deathbed , and she was so afraid that he might confiscate her silver Madonna that she had Jennifer take it from her neck and put round her own . |