Example sentences of "tried [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maradona labelled the authorities of the International Federation of Association Football who tried to enforce his suspension ‘ inhuman robots ’ . |
| 2 | She started to come again as he tried to slide his whole hand deep into her soaked vagina . |
| 3 | As he looked towards the Iconostasis , the wall that is filled with important and unique icons , he tried to re-create his grandfather 's torment , his inner pain and despair . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , you 'll get your chance , I hope , ’ he said wryly , and tried to flex his arms . |
| 5 | Tesselmann grabbed at the handle of the freight car and hauled himself off the ground , his legs swinging precariously in the air as he tried to clasp his other hand around the handle . |
| 6 | He tried to bolster his courage by reciting the reasons for what he was doing : go per cent of them boiled down to a pressing need for money , so pressing that the bank was threatening to foreclose on his mortgage ; the other lo per cent was divided between the desire to do Lorton a good turn and the feeling that the Newleys deserved whatever fate could throw at them . |
| 7 | He bit his lip as he tried to thread his finger through the trigger guard . |
| 8 | He learns about his father 's weak spirit , which caved in to his mother 's strength ; how his father committed adultery with Harry 's aunt and tried to kill his mother ; how his father deserted the family when Harry was eight years old . |
| 9 | A JUDGE yesterday ordered medical reports on a jilted Essex husband who tried to kill his wife . |
| 10 | Nine years for the magistrate who tried to kill his wife . |
| 11 | The magistrate who tried to kill his wife with a home-made gas chamber has been jailed for nine years . |
| 12 | Both men were bound over to keep the peace , but the incident was the beginning of a long history of misbehaviour which was to drive a wedge between Gallacher and the unfortunate clubs who tried to tame his wayward spirit . |
| 13 | They went on in this vein for several minutes while Ganem , occasionally shaking his head in disgust , tried to continue his conversation with Coleman . |
| 14 | Ken , upset , tried to drive his van through the line of Mr Rowse 's patients : he broke the ankle of an elderly man too feeble to jump out of the way . |
| 15 | Three times Balaam tried to drive his donkey along the desert road . |
| 16 | Trent returned to the stove and stood there , warming himself , as he tried to gather his energy . |
| 17 | Corbett tried to gather his wits . |
| 18 | JIANG ZEMIN , General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party , warned in a speech in Tokyo yesterday against a possible revival of Japanese militarism , as Chinese pro-democracy demonstrators tried to disrupt his address . |
| 19 | She scrutinised the spare figure before her in crumpled navy-blue suit and silk tie , and tried to penetrate his sunken eyes . |
| 20 | The dice players ignored him so Corbett lay on his cot bed and tried to marshall his thoughts . |
| 21 | She tried to meet his eyes and could n't . |
| 22 | As they walked to the car , Nicky tried to slip his arm around her waist . |
| 23 | He tried to batter his rider against the wall , scrape him off against a fragment of the banisters , but still Fleury held on . |
| 24 | The agitated man shook with frustration as he tried to relate his story . |
| 25 | I chose as my subject the person of the Buddha , tried to relate his teaching to Christians , expressed my deep admiration for him and pleaded for a more tolerant and positive attitude towards the religion which he had founded . |
| 26 | At half-time he tried to encourage his players by reshuffling his forwards , but they never regained their form . |
| 27 | When officials tried to eject him , Mr Gollnisch tried to punch his neighbours . |
| 28 | When officials tried to eject him , he tried to punch his neighbours . |
| 29 | Passing Peter to take a cup to Daniel , she tried to catch his eye , to give him a little loving glance , but his expression was withdrawn , his eyes and thoughts elsewhere . |
| 30 | I realized he must be Catherine 's nephew , Hareton , and tried to shake his hand . |