Example sentences of "[pers pn] try [to-vb] [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I tried to answer and explain our ways , but it was difficult .
2 Maybe this was my chance to make up for all those little oversights and lapses in the past , which we all have no matter how hard we try to forget or overlook them .
3 Sometimes they can be given a lump of clay that is too heavy for them to lift and they will gain new experiences as they try to mould or divide it into pieces of a manageable size .
4 Many more estimations will be made — rightly or wrongly — by the children as they try to push and pull their prams and trolleys through narrow spaces .
5 He tried to calm and reassure her .
6 Cramped on the ground he tried to stretch and found his arms bound behind his back and his feet shackled in iron chains .
7 Arty 's voice thickened and blurred into animal grunts as he tried to speak and extend his tongue at the same time .
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