Example sentences of "try [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The most glaring one was last night when you tried to appeal to my pragmatic nature by admitting that ‘ it would only be lust ’ — no doubt you imagined we could establish some sort of ‘ adult ’ agreement on the basis of that . ’ |
| 2 | She must have been mad to try to appeal to his better nature . |
| 3 | We had about fifteen minutes to go , and decided to try to continue to Viseu , since we could now pick up the VOR , and therefore find our way back to Vila Real if we had to . |
| 4 | She tried to cling to her comforting belief that somewhere in the Company was Friend with all that his glow of meanings implied ; the feel of him was still clear in her mind . |
| 5 | A friend who tried to go to the man 's aid had to be held back . |
| 6 | But anyway , I put the pills and the gin firmly aside , turned out the light again , and tried to go to sleep . |
| 7 | Finch groaned and tried to go to sleep . |
| 8 | Unless you count the occasion in Turkey when he tried to go to bed with a prostitute while suffering from the pox . |
| 9 | I tried to go to the ladies ' room . |
| 10 | So in the end I went upstairs , left Tony to it and I came back down and I tried to go to sleep again , I put me coat over me head and I could n't sleep so I moved . |
| 11 | Haydon , who painted Wordsworth on Helvellyn in 1842 , noted that ‘ His head is like as if it was carved out of a mossy rock , created before the flood ’ , and those who tried to penetrate to the character beneath the face of the old man used the same ‘ stony ’ vocabulary . |
| 12 | One example may illustrate the nature of these awards : Michael Burn , who crossed the docks alone , had barely got ashore , being half-drowned by the weight of his equipment as he tried to swim to the dockside , and being rescued by Lance-Corporal Young . |
| 13 | Consider someone deciding not to try to go to the theatre . |
| 14 | He told me to try to go to Cookham Wood : in his words , ‘ There 's a better class of prisoner there . |
| 15 | He 's back for the Ipswich game which I 'm going to try to go to but not sure yet . |
| 16 | Grandparents , schoolfriends and neighbours all tried to write to the children , to send messages of love and support . |
| 17 | ‘ Those people who make the decisions should have gone out early in the morning and tried to putt to the holes we had to play to , ’ he added . |
| 18 | The most telling accounts were to be seen in the local press whose journalists had gone along on routine reporting assignments and tried to come to terms with the decidedly un-pop star look of the performers on stage . |
| 19 | He paused at a street corner and tried to come to a decision . |
| 20 | Nell digested the startling fact and tried to come to terms with the idea of this creature ever being a ship 's mascot . |
| 21 | As Mrs Pratley , 42 , tried to come to terms with her husband Brian 's death , a court official phoned to tell her she was out on the streets . |
| 22 | As the NCF tried to come to terms with the fact that most of its supporters were opting for the Home Office scheme , bitter arguments broke out . |
| 23 | While a crushed Roward tried to come to terms with the fact that he would be out of a job after the Hong Kong Sevens for Simpkin it was a goal realised after four long years in the territory as its technical director . |
| 24 | In the aftermath of Mountbatten 's murder in August 1979 , Charles 's friendship with Lady Amanda developed and he spent several weekends in her company as they tried to come to terms with their loss . |
| 25 | Staring blankly after Leo , Hilary tried to come to terms with what had happened . |
| 26 | Discussing the situation after morning surgery , Joanna , Helen and Sophie tried to come to terms with the way things were working out . |
| 27 | She sat pondering while Sophie tried to come to terms with Robert 's seemingly incomprehensible plan . |
| 28 | Her bright tone brought a reluctant smile to Faye 's lips , then she dabbed her swollen eyes with the tissues Belinda gave her and tried to struggle to a sitting position . |
| 29 | Colour flooded her face as she tried to struggle to her feet , desperate to evade the hand that was stretched towards her . |
| 30 | She tried to struggle to her feet , pulling at her skirt that was half under Fernando . |