Example sentences of "'s attempt [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We have to make sure that justice is done , that those who are guilty will be meted out the full penalty , ’ she told reporters after attending a funeral service for a pilot who died wiping out the rebels ' air support in last week 's attempt to overthrow her . |
| 2 | With Dara once more clinging firmly and rather painfully to her arm she was walked back to the small , intimate table they had been sharing on the edge of the small dance-floor , but Ace was quickly on to his feet , side-stepping Dara 's attempt to greet him with a kiss . |
| 3 | [ William Golding , The Inheritors ] It requires careful attention to realize that here we are seeing , through the uncomprehending mind of Lok , a man 's attempt to shoot him with an arrow . |
| 4 | The apparent cause was his father 's attempt to force him to go to church . |
| 5 | There is a purpose in the negative force 's attempt to use you as a pawn . |
| 6 | And promptly had the stuffing knocked straight out of her when , his aggression not letting up , ‘ You 're sure your name 's not Mrs Barnaby Stewart ? ’ he grated — and Fabia 's attempt to bluff it out promptly folded . |
| 7 | Suppose , however , that we resisted Wittgenstein 's attempt to push us from weak-kneed scepticism to solipsism ; we find the relevant argument ( see 5.4 ) unconvincing , perhaps . |
| 8 | Sula was by birth a Manghutt princess , and she had lived under sentence of banishment until her son 's accession to the Dragon Throne for her part in her family 's attempt to install him as Kha-Khan while his grandfather Arjun yet ruled . |
| 9 | But even though it did in a campaign where he was one of Tottenham 's top performers , Venables has been unable to keep his word because of chairman Alan Sugar 's attempt to oust him from the club . |
| 10 | Dignan 's attempt to reformulate it in a ‘ progressive ’ way could therefore be seen as partisan , and therefore necessarily outside the ambit of a ‘ rights ’ approach . |
| 11 | Despite Brett 's attempt to prevent it , the firebombs had been detonated . |
| 12 | The I-Thou relationship in these poems is poisoned by the Friend 's behaviour , so it follows that the Poet 's attempt to excuse it degrades himself still further . |
| 13 | In a short statement Mr Lang rejected Orkney Islands Council 's attempt to sack her . |
| 14 | ‘ My poor wife 's attempt to scare her into flight must have been the final straw . |