Example sentences of "we have tried " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actually we were n't too happy with the back of the old barn , because although we 'd tried to plug up every hole in the stonework , it was still possible for a determined young owl to squeeze out here and there . |
| 2 | We 've tried to abolish destitution . |
| 3 | We 've tried to abolish stigma . |
| 4 | It tends to make life a bit dull at work and we 've tried to come to terms with that . |
| 5 | ‘ All the Synergy ideas we 've tried to work out as we went along — ‘ interactive ’ is n't the right word , but that element is important to us . |
| 6 | We 've tried to lighten it up . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ We 've tried not to pretend it is something it 's not . |
| 8 | Christmas is a very social time and we 've tried to make this a social newsletter . |
| 9 | We 've tried to be a bit more daring . |
| 10 | He says : ‘ We 've tried to avoid the gorier aspects of hospital life , and focused instead on the doctor/patient relationship . ’ |
| 11 | In the planning of the day we 've tried not to miss any of our young people out . |
| 12 | We 've tried to love both dogs equally , and simply separate them for a cooling-off period after a fight , rather than telling them off in any way . |
| 13 | We 've tried it ourselves , having the tension equal on all six strings , and believe me , they sounded like crap . |
| 14 | We 've tried these hangers ourselves , and found they worked exceedingly well on surfaces which normally required drilling and plugging . |
| 15 | Car mechanic Graham , 28 , of Stevenage , Herts , said : ‘ We 've tried many times to give up but this time it 's different . ’ |
| 16 | This is more a celebration of his life in which we 've tried to present as many different facets of it as possible . ’ |
| 17 | While the latter have undoubtedly had a powerful influence , we 've tried to select movies that best reflect that amorphous beast we call Rock Culture . |
| 18 | ‘ Every time we 've tried to do something we just fail miserably . |
| 19 | It was awfully sporting of IBM Corp to set up consultancy , systems integration and facilities management ventures in an attempt to put to profitable use the surplus skills of so many of its employees , and only curmudgeons asked if IBMers were actually the right people for the job : sad to say , the curmudgeons were right , and according to Computerworld , the head of the new IBM Consulting Group in White Plains , New York , Robert Howe , says that it is having to hire people from the likes of Andersen Consulting and Coopers & Lybrand , because as he told the paper , ‘ we 've tried IBMers , but frankly we 've had to send some home — some IBM people did n't get the notion of the service business — they did n't understand that we did n't want administrators and middle managers ’ . |
| 20 | And we 've tried to compete , in the audience-grabbing sense , after 10 o'clock . |
| 21 | Now this year what I 've done is actually going to see the form teacher and look at the classes and they 've actually given me a lot more information this year and hopefully , keep our fingers crossed , the classes are very varied and we have good , we have middling , and we have the not so good and we 've tried to keep those like that . |
| 22 | In erm our situation dedicated persons on the front lines have found themselves overwhelmed by increases in human needs and dwindling resources with which to meet those human needs and so we 've tried to get innovative and do something about it . |
| 23 | And what we 've tried to do is to look at the national curriculum and try to identify young engineers who could go in and help with design and technology and quite obviously , practice what they preach . |
| 24 | But , as time wore on , and the whites of our eyes were still clearly visible , the girls , without missing a beat , subtly modified their glances as if to convey : " God knows we 've tried , you heartless bastards . " |
| 25 | ‘ We 've tried one or two of them , but the kids just do n't want to know . |
| 26 | We 've tried loads . |
| 27 | ‘ We 've tried that , Bissell . |
| 28 | We 've tried to find the right combination of fluid proteins and … ’ |
| 29 | ‘ But we 've tried and Maureen ca n't bear to finish any more than I can . |
| 30 | We 've tried that . |