Example sentences of "try [verb] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When by Monday lunchtime there was still no word from him , however , she tried phoning him up at MacKay Contracting — only to be told that he was unavailable . |
| 2 | They 'll use their experience to try to nurse them back to health . |
| 3 | At first I tried to write everything down in my notebook . |
| 4 | The Cherry and Whites tried to pull themselves back into the game … they huffed and puffed but could n't blow the Scottish down … and defeat means the rugby world are wondering whether Gloucester are as strong as they were … club coach keith richardson knows the truth |
| 5 | Trained in Ireland at the Cullinane yard for his first run of the 1984–5 season , he was then moved to Paddy Mullins , winning a handicap hurdle at Limerick Junction on his second outing for his new stable before his mood let him down again in the 1985 Gold Cup : he tried to pull himself up after a circuit and was tailed off when refusing at the last fence . |
| 6 | Members of a Cardiff ladies ' rowing club tried to pull her out of the mud , but found the current was too fast , and the bitch ( yes , she is called Eric ! ) , too heavy . |
| 7 | I went over to Sheridan to ask him to be quiet and he grabbed my wrist and tried to pull me on to his lap , and I overbalanced and fell and hit the table hard where he was sitting , and I caught the cloth somehow and pulled it with me and everything on it landed on the floor . |
| 8 | She laughed rather shrilly , grabbed his hands and tried to pull him up against her . |
| 9 | For weeks now she 'd been recognizing him , her eyes following him round the room , and she tried to pull herself up in the cradle to see him better . |
| 10 | I tried to clean it out with a trolley . |
| 11 | Sarah tried to hitch herself up in the bed . |
| 12 | Then she tried to heave herself up onto the driving seat but could n't manage without Dad 's help . |
| 13 | Dynamius tried to lock them out of the city , but he was tricked by Gundulf . |
| 14 | Poppy dissolved into a quivering heap when staff tried to lead her out of the cage , so they suggested that I tried . |
| 15 | When he did n't reply she felt something bad approaching and tried to ward it off with an apology . |
| 16 | The one who got shot in the chest when Special Branch and MIs tried to pick him up in Bayswater . |
| 17 | They tried pushing it back into the hole but the force of the water was too great . |
| 18 | Gently we tried to talk him round to looking at things in another way . |
| 19 | Bob tried to talk him out of it when they were on their own , at the sandwich bar in the Gates . |
| 20 | Then she tried to talk me out of leaving — laid on the flattery with a trowel . ’ |
| 21 | I had rehearsed all the routine for the South America job , then I just got a bit panicky ; the captain tried to talk me back into it . |
| 22 | Najma 's family tried to talk her out of a singing career as not quite suitable for a good Muslim girl , but she persevered and in 1984 won Britain 's Asian song contest on her first public appearance . |
| 23 | No we tried to talk her out of . |
| 24 | I tried to talk you out of it but nothing worked . |
| 25 | He tried to lever himself up in the bed . |
| 26 | Fergus tried to lever himself up from the rear bench seat of the old Rover , but failed . |
| 27 | She tried to cover it up with a laugh . |
| 28 | All this happened in the twinkling of an eye and just as quickly I extricated myself from the upholstered prison , scraped up my hat and tried to bash it back into shape as I hobbled to retrieve a far-flung shoe . |
| 29 | In an attempt to remove the influence of the janissaries from Istanbul , where they naturally formed a powerful opposition to his reforms , Mahmud tried to buy them off by offering them a virtually free hand in garrisoning the remote provinces of the empire . |
| 30 | I said now you can shut that up right away , cos I said you know it 's not I said er now if you want us to try to help you out on this you just tell us what you did . |