Example sentences of "turn [adv] [conj] try [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he sees me he pointedly turns away and tries to talk to someone else . |
| 2 | He had turned away and tried to avoid his eye , but it had been him , no question . |
| 3 | He turned over and tried to relax , but found himself looking downward through the metal grille which the Eden team had welded across the curved Lift surfaces as a floor , wondering what kind of anatomy would have been suited to use the original surface . |
| 4 | Strange , thought Fergus , turning restlessly and trying to escape the light , strange that throughout all Court history and throughout all Court gossip ( and gossip at Tara had ever been lively ) , that no one has ever referred to Dierdriu 's child , to the heir to Tara who disappeared . |
| 5 | It turned back and tried to land at Malta , but was refused permission . |
| 6 | I hesitated for a moment on the stairs , turned round and tried to look at some of them , to see if there was a familiar face , a suspicious or suspecting face , a face I could place , a face that could … |
| 7 | He turns back and tries to stop her , but fails . |
| 8 | You 'll have to turn over and try to get it out . ’ |
| 9 | Even if an attack begins at night , do n't turn over and try to ignore it . |