Example sentences of "and she tried [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told her the others and she tried to memorize them , the positions and the titles . |
| 2 | Now I was conscious of Aisha 's words when we stood together in the storeroom and she tried to dissuade me from going to London : ‘ Go alone to London without an aunt or a husband or your mother and they 'll say you 've sold your soul . |
| 3 | Her breathing was deep and she tried to control it , tried to stop herself hyperventilating . |
| 4 | He 's getting smaller , she thought , and she tried to watch him as she drove . |
| 5 | A couple of months ago he took her out for a meal and she tried to kiss him . |
| 6 | He slumped to the floor and she tried to drag him clear . |
| 7 | His mother says that he talked to her about it and she tried to convince him that he was misinterpreting what he had seen and heard , but as far as I can learn John never mentioned it to anyone else until late in life , when telling Dr Schäfer about the thoughts which led him to make his ballet Spuren . |
| 8 | I sat with her and she tried to tell me something . |