Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [to-vb] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I tried to fix it to the door and it would n't , I tried to do it up with Blu-Tack and would have none of it , I tried to do it with Sellotape and would n't do it the Sellotape kept on coming away something in the varnish I think that resisted that so then I thought , right I 'll I 'll tie the thing up in someway , I forget how , and blew away went down the drive ! |
| 2 | ‘ I tried to persuade him out of it but he would n't budge . |
| 3 | I tried to clean it out with a trolley . |
| 4 | ‘ This morning , ’ Matilda said , ‘ just for fun I tried to push something over with my eyes and I could n't do it . |
| 5 | I tried to cheer him up with memories of the last time his ankle was hurting , when we slept in a sheep herder 's cave — lined with graffiti that was centuries old — on the way from Landmannalaugar to the coast near Vik . |
| 6 | I tried to force her back to bed , but her fever made her surprisingly strong . |
| 7 | I tried to talk you out of it but nothing worked . |
| 8 | I tried to knock myself out with some cider I 'd bought , then I swallowed a bottle of weedkiller and started to walk towards the lake . |
| 9 | Hell , Nick , I tried to get her out of that place , but she did n't care . |
| 10 | As I came into the hotel I tried to project myself back into a time when I 'd have been thinking — Sunday press party , rather fun . |
| 11 | At first I tried to write everything down in my notebook . |
| 12 | ‘ I tried to play it down in the report . ’ |
| 13 | So , I tried to make it up to her in every way I could — though it was n't easy — she went on hating me for years . ’ |
| 14 | I promised to have you back by now . |
| 15 | I came to cheer myself up after finding the cold store broken into . |
| 16 | I know I do I forgot to take one down to the place with me I checked the then that , now we go |
| 17 | ‘ I forgot to put it out for the birds yesterday morning . ’ |
| 18 | Granville Again was out of form with a few niggling problems , so after talking to Michael I decided to let him down for a break then bring him back to his peak for one day — this day . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Mmm , that 's what I thought , so I decided to take you back to the house to eat . ’ |
| 20 | It was at this point that I decided to put her back on a loose creance , so that she could approach the lure from whatever direction she pleased . |
| 21 | He looked so miserable I decided to cheer him up by inviting him to join our little game , and started throwing handfuls of water over him . |
| 22 | Then , this morning ( I woke up early ) before he came down , I decided to pass it off as something unimportant . |
| 23 | So , when I wanted to grow slightly tender plants in my none-too-mild Midlands garden , I decided to bring them up to be as tough as possible . |
| 24 | That attracted Pompey , and Whittingham explained : ‘ I decided to buy myself out for £450 and take the plunge — I 'm glad to say Portsmouth did pay me back the money — and I 've never really looked back . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've always been very aware that I needed to give something back after this experience and when I read about the appeal for people prepared to give homes to the Bosnians , I decided it was time I stepped in . ’ |
| 26 | When I started to make it up to my horror I found the stripes did not match up front and back . |
| 27 | ‘ I managed to talk him round by telling him what he can achieve here . |
| 28 | ‘ I managed to talk her out of her mission of mercy , ’ André replied , grinning warmly at Alyssia . |
| 29 | Sometimes I managed to block them out for a while , then something would happen to trigger them back — a comment or something on TV . |
| 30 | ‘ It took me three attempts to land the fish but eventually I managed to bring it in to the bank and my mate Paul scooped the net under it . |