Example sentences of "try [verb] [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately it is becoming more and more difficult to avoid things like direct debits , particularly if you are dealing with insurance companies who , on the whole , prefer this form of payment , and will try to coerce you into doing it . |
| 2 | When the area of tension stresses ahead of the crack tip reaches the interface , it will try to open it by pulling the two sides apart . |
| 3 | ‘ He did n't try to talk me into acting as a romantic go-between . ’ |
| 4 | I just said I 'd try to talk you into accepting what he 's decreed . |
| 5 | Jerry Fodor , who thrives on ‘ propositional attitudes ’ should try to deploy them in rewriting ‘ Tyger , Tyger burning bright . ’ |
| 6 | IF AN ANIMAL is approached by a killer it may try to defend itself by giving its attacker a fright . |
| 7 | ‘ Do n't try to stop me from punishing this ingrate , Brien . |
| 8 | We may try to explain them by pointing to the place they occupy in the larger narrative . |
| 9 | Queen Soraya later recalled that sometime he would try to amuse everyone by barking like a dog during the screening of a film ( film shows remained a favourite form of palace relaxation till the end . ) |
| 10 | On the one hand , the researcher should try to take nothing for granted , but rather be surprised and intrigued by what is observed , as if trying to make sense of foreign culture . |
| 11 | We must try to prevent him from erring in the first place ; easier said than done ! |