Example sentences of "i have try [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd tried to help him before . |
| 2 | ‘ If I had tried to seduce you , ’ he growled , ‘ you would know it . ’ |
| 3 | To think that for all these years I had tried to protect them from this very fate and I had n't even the pleasure of using them very often . |
| 4 | I had tried to tell him that the world had changed drastically , but Bonefish did not want to believe in change . |
| 5 | I had to try to give him a chance to be independent . |
| 6 | sort of well we ca n't pay this that and the other and the thing that really gets me and , and , you know , I , I 've tried to reason it through so many times but top er top of these mums ' sort of shopping list is these disposable nappies |
| 7 | ‘ I 've tried to stop it , but I have n't been able to . |
| 8 | The commission for the piece came from Life magazine , but due to a change in publishers the images never ran , ‘ I 've tried to sell it overseas and in Europe and had very good success with it . |
| 9 | Well I 've , the number of times I 've tried to paint it , paint it , it just does n't work , I 've even had those small cans you know |
| 10 | I mean I suppose they 've got , I 've tried biting it as well , but it 's |
| 11 | I 've tried resetting it and it did n't work |
| 12 | I 've tried to do it endless times since but the drink just goes everywhere . |
| 13 | Lord knows , I 've tried to teach her . |
| 14 | ‘ You should know better than to ask such a question after all I 've tried to teach you . ’ |
| 15 | I 've been having to deal with electricity since the word go and I 've tried to use it in a musically creative and responsible way . |
| 16 | And so I 've tried to open it up er rather wider and w what I 've I 've I 've been put in touch with a a thing called the independent schools , design and technology association , which covers design and technology studies in all independent schools . |
| 17 | I 've tried to convert him , but I 'm wasting my time . |
| 18 | Well anyway , whatever I I tried to get him to erm , cos I 've written again to the newspaper , I 've tried to get him to confess that , that the unions are the biggest because erm , even then I said to tell him well supposing that we could get , I said , erm you know the money to support you , I said just supposingly I said would be private vet , and he said what you dare say they would have to have there . |
| 19 | I 've tried to get you out of my system . |
| 20 | I 've tried to fathom him , God knows . |
| 21 | I 've tried to help you with Ana but I never intended to change . |
| 22 | He does actually I , I 've tried doing it with him on paper , |
| 23 | ‘ I 've tried to introduce you here . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've tried to keep it dry , ’ he said , indicating a large battered suitcase by his feet . |
| 25 | I 've tried to make them a little bit longer . |
| 26 | I 've tried , I 've tried to make it while you were working but I were wrong . |
| 27 | Since then I 've tried to forget it . |
| 28 | I feel it and I 've tried to prove it . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've tried to tell her that . |
| 30 | Again I 've tried to tell her but he said , Geoff said we shall have a lovely time , we sha n't go short I said I know that ! |