Example sentences of "she [modal v] try [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just because she did n't know how to ride a motorbike or even want to , it was unfair that she should try to stop him . |
| 2 | She should try to forget him , but the memory of their afternoon together had the power to make her cheeks rosy , and so they stayed while she put on the plainest gown which she could find in the wardrobe which she had left behind , with her personal maid , when she had pretended to go with the Parslows . |
| 3 | The worst part lay in facing up to the fact that some of the things he 'd said were true , much as she might try to deny it . |
| 4 | For a long moment he held her tightly against him as if he was afraid she might try to elude him , then when he seemed sure of her his hands encircled her waist , moulded her hips and moved upwards , unbuttoning her shirt , pulling it from the waistband of her jeans , then slipping it from her shoulders until it fell to the floor . |
| 5 | She 'll try to hide it , I know , as she always does . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Balladic archetypes ’ sprang to her mind a good phrase , she 'd try to work it in somewhere when she got back to university . |
| 7 | My probation officer outside told me she 'd try to bring her up , but then she said it was too far and she could n't get the funds , so I only saw her twice in eight months . |
| 8 | He thought of patching things up , but felt she would try to force him to an affair in some unwomanly way . |
| 9 | ‘ She told me she would try to make you afraid by pretending to be ill . ’ |
| 10 | If she learns that they bring her nothing but exhaustion , she will try to avoid them . |