Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [pron] and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | South Clwyd Coroner John Hughes said he had been impressed by the courage of the other crew members of the Warrior and medics who had pulled L Cpl Edwards from the vehicle , tried to resuscitate him and taken him to hospital . |
| 2 | I do n't think er my only comment would be that having heard all the comments that have been made and listened to them and tried to dissect them and understand them , I do n't think they really alter er fundamentally our position . |
| 3 | Siobhan Coulson , 25 , of Davyhulme , Manchester , told the industrial tribunal how Doctor Ettore Flore tried to kiss her and hold her hand while on a business trip in The Gambia . |
| 4 | ‘ When he first told me , I tried to understand him and agreed he could dress up once a week at home . |
| 5 | Louise tried to soothe him and persuade him to drink the antiseptic draught which McNab had given her . |
| 6 | John thought it might be useful to try to locate them and to warn them off . |
| 7 | Judge Richard May told Mills ’ to drive in that way when she tried to stop you and knock her down and run her over was callous behaviour beyong belief . ’ |
| 8 | Ellen slapped Bernard back , and the next day , after a meeting of all parties at which the local Director of Social Services tried to please everyone and offended everybody , lingered after the meeting , provocative and yawning amongst the filing cabinets , until he caught on , locked the door , and embraced her thankfully . |
| 9 | Do n't try to counsel somebody and tell them how much income support they 're going to get . |
| 10 | ‘ He means well , but all he ever does is try to grab me and take me home . ’ |
| 11 | Why not just accept experience — why try to understand it and encapsulate it in words which will necessarily have an imprisoning effect upon the insight ? |
| 12 | For non-metals if you try to hit them and beat them into sheets or if you try to stretch them you get ? |
| 13 | And they try to institutionalise it and put me down . |
| 14 | The men are trying to catch mine and hook themselves on to me as ‘ guides ’ . |
| 15 | He was still doing it over an hour later , frantically trying to remember everything and wishing he had somewhere to write it all down , when there was a sound of feet running up the stairs . |
| 16 | Others , who are just as willing , have great difficulties in trying to understand them and meet their needs without appearing to intrude , or deprive them of their independence . |
| 17 | ‘ And I know what they say about people who invite other people out to dinner and then spend the whole time trying to depress them and ruin their lives . ’ |
| 18 | Theda was too occupied in trying to compose herself and wiping her wet cheeks to notice the oddity of there being a groom in Benedict 's train . |