Example sentences of "we tried [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well we tried to order a manual did n't we ? |
| 2 | We loved ‘ Jump ’ — we tried to do a cover version of it . |
| 3 | If we tried to describe a theory of legislation sufficiently uncontroversial to command close to universal assent among our lawyers and judges , we would be limited to something like this : if the words of a statute admit of only one meaning , no matter in what context they are uttered , and if we have no reason to doubt that this is the meaning understood by all the legislators who voted for or against the statute or abstained , and the statute so understood achieves no results not intended by all those who voted for it and would be so understood by all the members of the public to whom it is addressed , and could not be thought by any sensible person To violate any of the substantive or procedural constraints of the Constitution , or otherwise offend any widely held view about fairness or efficiency in legislation , then the propositions contained in that statute , understood in that way , are part of the community 's law . |
| 4 | Early one morning , we tried to find a clerk in a department that sprawls across a full floor . |
| 5 | She said we did a an experiment and we tried to perm a girl 's hair with Head and Shoulders |
| 6 | We tried to get a balance between a Test side and a one day side from the squad . |
| 7 | We tried to get a rubber that rubs , rubs ink out but you ca n't get one very well can you ? |