Example sentences of "and tried to make " in BNC.
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| 1 | That low , dishonest decade was when we broke free of our parents , banished the Fifties , discovered that we 'd missed the Sixties , and tried to make the best of it with an orgy of revolting clothes , tasteless music and formless anomie . |
| 2 | Sometimes I caught the Feldwebel looking wistfully out of the window at a dilapidated horse and cart or an old man on a bicycle but he controlled himself and tried to make polite conversation . |
| 3 | Some escaped the massacre and tried to make their way back to their own districts . |
| 4 | The prison chaplain came to me in my cell and tried to make a bargain with me . |
| 5 | The girl threw caution to the wind and tried to make the most of every minute via sex , drink , numerous abortions , and late-night revels . |
| 6 | I washed my hands and tried to make my peace with her , but when I went to stroke her she hissed at me . |
| 7 | As he gripped me and tried to make me touch him , I remember screaming inside , ‘ Why do n't you stop ? |
| 8 | So we went back in and things were patched up and Mum made a pot of tea and tried to make amends by promising to do her best to make the wedding the best in the district . |
| 9 | Pc Kelly told the jury he could not breathe very well and tried to make himself comfortable . |
| 10 | Clinton Hadley fondled the breasts of his victims , aged from 18 to 26 , and tried to make them strip ‘ to relax ’ , a jury was told . |
| 11 | She screamed for her brother and tried to make the boys understand that she was the daughter of the house , but her pleas did not register in their drugged minds . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , it was something like a castle , and he 'ad tons of servants and a butler as well , and a sister who was secretly a witch and tried to make the poor girl worship Satan , but — ’ |
| 13 | Catholic priests came to the Acadians from New France , and tried to make sure that the Acadians would not become reconciled to British rule . |
| 14 | Madame then settled back in her seat and fell into a deep sleep for the rest of the journey , full of good food and wine , and liqueurs , while Ellie stared back out of the window and tried to make some sense of all that had just been said , and all that had just happened . |
| 15 | When she heard my name given out , she was certain that against all the odds it was the boy she had played with — and tried to make understand her frantic sign language and European gibberish — more than 40 years earlier . |
| 16 | Really , I moved into a building site and tried to make a life while work was in progress ! |
| 17 | After locking all the doors carefully , I sat weakly down by the fire and tried to make sense of my life . |
| 18 | The Doctor pushed her down gently and tried to make her comfortable . |
| 19 | As he turned and handed the binoculars to his elder brother he frowned in what he hoped was a manly , intent manner and tried to make his voice sound casual . |
| 20 | Pete stood on the porch and tried to make Alina out as she climbed the path toward the highest part of the headland . |
| 21 | And Grainne , who had her own might-have-beens , understood , and tried to make her stories of the Bright Palace interesting and amusing , and tried to minimise the rigours and the heartaches of exile on Innisfree . |
| 22 | The first few times the carabiniere on duty became impatient and tried to make him come out , but the only answer he got was that the prisoner was feeling extremely unwell and wanted please to be left alone . |
| 23 | When the office lifers came the next day and tried to make the computer come up with some figures they wanted , what it printed out was this poet 's poetry instead . |
| 24 | She took a breath , and tried to make her tone more conciliatory . |
| 25 | She 'd been slow to see that , and tried to make up for it by saying quickly : ‘ Her jumping over ca n't have helped Eismark 's career . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You could have had a hundred casual affairs , and I 'd have adjusted to them somehow and tried to make you fall in love with me , but the thought that you 'd loved someone else and still loved him , because it seemed to have gone on over the years , periodically resumed … |
| 27 | Jenna stood as firmly as possible and tried to make her voice cold and hard . |
| 28 | He took in the rising storm signals and tried to make himself look serious . |
| 29 | I read Millett 's Sexual Politics by the light of an oil lamp , with mosquitos whining in my ears , and tried to make it make sense in Africa . |
| 30 | They had n't come in yet so I started getting some food ready and tried to make up my mind what to tell Rick . |