Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] try do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only in Cambodia has it tried to do both at once . |
| 2 | That bit I put in about knowing if we were being followed when I drove you to the station will stop them trying to do just that , will keep them away from here . |
| 3 | And so , Pilate he tries to do this , he tries first of all to shift the responsibility , and he does it by different methods , first of all he sends into Herod , the king then he suggests that Barabbas should be released to the people , now however , both of these methods of shifting responsibility have failed and the ball is firmly back with Pilate . |
| 4 | Mirror , mirror on the wall who was the fairest of them all , well okay not me and maybe not you either , but it does n't stop us trying does it ? |
| 5 | ‘ Well , if you 're such a fan of Rainbow 's way of life , why did you try to do what you did to her ? |
| 6 | And what do they try to do , they were trying , above all else , to protect you and I , the general public . |
| 7 | Had she tried to do so , she would have discovered what her predecessors had known well : that ruling this unusual little kingdom was not an infinitely inferior business to ruling France or England . |