Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [pers pn] with [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jesus , it was awful , and the worst thing about it was , when we arrived the baby was still warm , so we tried to revive it with mouth to mouth . |
| 2 | He knew Blanche was nervous by her uncharacteristic air of distraction and tried to calm her with compliments about her appearance . |
| 3 | ‘ I was always meant to lose her , ’ she had sobbed to Arthur , who tried to comfort her with cups of tea and brief , common-sense reassurances . |
| 4 | One of you tries to lure me with promises of future riches and the other is only interested in what I possess — namely a practice that is a thorn in his flesh . |
| 5 | I think she is trying to console me with foot for not being a very good writer . |
| 6 | Even trying to prove it with pauses between the jokes . |