Example sentences of "[pron] 've tried to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've tried to be sensible about getting back into it , which is strange for an athlete , and it 's forcing me to temper my enthusiasm and take the training easy . ’ |
| 2 | I 've tried to be more Romantic , it does nu good for me |
| 3 | Perhaps I 've tried to be too clever , she thought , reading up world affairs , and he thinks that 's all I want to talk about . |
| 4 | I 've tried to be a good mother to you … |
| 5 | I find that is the situation that I 've tried to er , guard against with the budget that we 've been put in on this occasion , and I hope that answers er , er , Mr but er , I 'll answer any other questions that are put up . |
| 6 | These these black blobs are supposed to be proteins and and I 've tried to er illustrate the orientation of the protein by showing these er these supposedly er glyco er substi substituents on the outside of the cell . |
| 7 | Although I may be a bad man , I 'd never bribe anyone to marry , as you 've tried to . |
| 8 | We 've tried to be a bit more daring . |
| 9 | We er we 've tried to er to meet the the the County Council 's requirements , we 've scaled down our original er provision of erm employment land to take account of the emerging structure plan thinking . |
| 10 | The rooms , erm we 've tried to this has been a bit tied up since the broadcast , we 've tried to have it fairly cluttery so that kids for instance if they 're not used to sheep , can come and come and have a sniff of of of er you know . |
| 11 | And , we 've seen through their advertising in targeting women that they 've tried to post the image if you smoke , you 're more likely to be slim and slender . |