Example sentences of "tried [verb] [pron] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His ex-wife Margaret claims he tried to kill her at the family home in Brockhampton . |
| 2 | The elder of the two policemen smiled at Sarah but she dropped her eyes and tried to busy herself at the sink . |
| 3 | ‘ Somebody tried to phone her at the flat . |
| 4 | But I 've got a lot of time for Tom Clarke , he 's a nice man and it would be absolutely disgusting if anyone tried to dump him at the moment . ’ |
| 5 | Margaret Jones claims her husband tried to murder her at the family home in Brockhampton , by pumping exhaust fumes from the garage into her bedroom . |
| 6 | McFarlane , who in his more sober Methodist way felt much the same , tried to explain it at the hearings . |