Example sentences of "and when i tried " in BNC.
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| 1 | I dived towards the scarlet streaks and touched him at once , but there was no movement in him , and when I tried to pull him to the surface , I could n't . |
| 2 | My left arm was dripping with blood , and when I tried to raise it only the top part moved , the rest hung limply by my side . |
| 3 | I could n't pick the fish up because they were slippery and eluded my grasp , and when I tried to stand up I 'd slip back again amongst the icy cold debris . |
| 4 | Three months ago I purchased a Waterlife Nitrate Test kit from my local water garden centre and when I tried to use it consistently got a zero reading . |
| 5 | Spilt drink stuck to my bare toes , and when I tried to wipe it off , it changed into blood . |
| 6 | and there was a girl on and she said what is a bolster case and when I tried to explain to her she looked at me as if I lived in the ark and that was going back twenty years ago . |