Example sentences of "him [prep] try " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt very tired suddenly , and angry with him for trying to find a weak spot . |
| 2 | In December , after Eisenhower had belatedly denounced him for trying to " set himself above the laws of our land " , he was condemned by the Senate . |
| 3 | Even to him it was now barely imaginable , and other eagles he mentioned it to seemed to take it as a lie and untruth , and were angry at him for trying to delude them . |
| 4 | Nobody could have blamed him for trying it on , could they ? |
| 5 | As we saw in Chapter 4 , the London Evening News accused him of trying to subvert the ‘ wholesome , manly , simple ideals of English life ’ , and connected his sexual perversion with intellectual and moral subversion . |
| 6 | Animal-breeders , who accuse him of trying to drive them out of business , organised a protest on May 8th , when hundreds of people sent Mr Sims bits of dog-food . |
| 7 | After all he was doing for her , she had virtually accused him of trying to seduce her . |
| 8 | She did glance at him then , rather warily , as though suspecting him of trying to ridicule her . |
| 9 | They advised him against trying . |
| 10 | Here the testee is presented with a set of questions or checklists which steer him into trying to think carefully about his own interests . |
| 11 | He managed to free himself only when an ambulance team talked him into trying to wiggle his fingers . |
| 12 | You have to be very aware of the patient 's physical limitations in relation to his spasticity , in order to prevent him from trying to do more than he can , which would inevitably make his situation worse . |
| 13 | And now she spoke kindly , in an effort to stop him from trying so hard . |
| 14 | But the fact that he 's a born racer , I mean I know him quite well , I 've seen him around a lot , I would talk to him a lot , so would other colleagues here , every race since that decision , I think without trying , he persuaded himself , we were able to persuade him without trying too hard that maybe he should reconsider ; I think time did the rest . |
| 15 | She finally convinced him by trying to run into a throw , inevitably falling over and spraining her ankle . |