Example sentences of "she tried [verb] [pron] [adv prt] of " in BNC.

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1 She tried to put him out of her mind while she drove along and had almost succeeded when she pulled up outside the surgery and saw a car standing in the yard .
2 She tried kicking me out of the classroom .
3 Then she tried to talk me out of leaving — laid on the flattery with a trowel . ’
4 ‘ In the cruel manner in which she tried to prise me out of my home . ’
5 Later , walking along the prom in the deep silence of that foggy early morning , she tried to taunt herself out of her depression : ‘ You never learn , do you ?
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