Example sentences of "[pers pn] try [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crisis leading to Lenihan 's dismissal arose in connection with reports that in January 1982 the Fianna Fáil leadership had attempted to persuade President Patrick Hillery by telephone to allow them to try to form a government without calling a general election . |
| 2 | It is not for teachers to tell them what to believe or value , but it is for them to try to equip pupils in such a way that they can enter into the debate and develop a coherent and perceptive worldview for themselves . |
| 3 | He presented a strong message to the newly-qualified chemists encouraging them to try to win the confidence of the lay public by admitting to things that go wrong and telling them what was being done about it . |
| 4 | If ever he tried to do more — to hop or semi-fly down towards them to try to catch them — they simply darted away and out of reach . |
| 5 | But because they are so efficient at tempting big barbel to bite in the first place I keep trying different ways of fishing with them to try to overcome the problem . |
| 6 | The popular tabloids , on the other hand , charge considerably less for their advertising space per thousand readers than do the qualities and this forces them to try to maximize sales . |
| 7 | Summer in the country , was the toast echoing in Diane 's ears as she went back inside ; and she shuddered , and wondered if she could think up something really cutting to say the first time one of them tried to treat her like a servant . |
| 8 | Some of them tried to blow him up , too . |
| 9 | One of them tried to say something . |
| 10 | In the summer of 1557 , some of them tried to break the stalemate . |
| 11 | Neither of them tried to speak . |
| 12 | The other hairy moment was when one of them tried to eat my camera . |
| 13 | Another increasingly common way round the rules at the time was to engage in lease/lease-back arrangements , which became more and more complicated as the rules surrounding them tried to plug loop-holes , until they were finally outlawed in 1987 . |
| 14 | My colleagues seemed genuinely worried by my decision and many of them tried to convince me to change my mind . |
| 15 | Although the Boards had somewhat uninspiring regional names , most of them tried to present a more appealing local public face by using acronyms or logos such as ‘ MANWEB ’ for the Merseyside and North Wales Electricity Board , and ‘ Seeboard ’ for the South Eastern Board . |
| 16 | Although one of them tried to get him to America . |
| 17 | One of them tried to jump the ditch and landed on Canny , breaking his neck ( Lincoln Journal , Nebraska 28 December 1987 ) . |
| 18 | Some of them tried to make amends for their own earlier contribution to this state of affairs and moved to include me more fully in the life of the school — a few even started to invite me back home for meals and things . |
| 19 | ‘ Not one of them tried to escape , ’ he said . |
| 20 | When it was refused , some of them tried to climb over the wall . |
| 21 | There was a silence after this during which both of them tried to integrate this information but could not . |
| 22 | He told me to try to go to Cookham Wood : in his words , ‘ There 's a better class of prisoner there . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's useless for me to try to answer you . ’ |
| 24 | If he wishes me to try to speed up replies , I shall certainly do so . |
| 25 | It is quite enough for me to try to grasp the way in which God has disclosed himself to us . |
| 26 | I invited him to rape me to try to save my life ’ . |
| 27 | Luckily they seemed to want , even need , to talk , so it was n't necessary for me to try to head him onto other subjects as I had felt might possibly have been the case . |
| 28 | Then they waited patiently for me to try hitting one . |
| 29 | It was stupid of me to try to marry you like that without explaining . |
| 30 | He also urged me to try to check the identification of the plant . |