Example sentences of "and i try [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tom thunders , ‘ Who the hell are you ? ’ , and I try to tell him I 'm Albert Fyles and I 've come to take the place of his regular caddie . |
| 2 | There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep . |
| 3 | Luke arrived , not too pleased about the party , and I tried to smooth him down . |
| 4 | He was unconscious and I tried to wake him up but I could n't . |
| 5 | ‘ I sat on my bed and he sat by the door and we talked and I tried to persuade him to use his money to educate himself and he said he would but I did n't feel convinced . ’ |
| 6 | For one or two days he sat down with me , and I tried to teach him . |
| 7 | I understood that he was thanking me , and I tried to show him that I was his friend . |
| 8 | eventually I went up and I tried to get him to go down to sleep again , and he was shutting his eyes and on his dummy , but he was |