Example sentences of "[pers pn] try [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And then he tried to give us the slip and run off . |
| 32 | She 'd found her wallet of credit cards and flourished it under his nose , every fibre of her being poised to defy him if he tried to deny her the right to pay . |
| 33 | Tonight he tried to imagine what the Corsican looked like in a rage . |
| 34 | He tried to imagine what the inside of the Conference Room would look like now , and found he all too easily could . |
| 35 | He tried to imagine what the woman with short hair would look like with it long . |
| 36 | Indenbaum knew how badly Modigliani needed money so he tried to offer him a sum within his means for the beautiful oil , but Modigliani was offended and obliged Indenbaum to accept the portrait as a present . |
| 37 | He tried to find himself a new girl to take his mind off it : some new girl , because Peg had gone wrong . |