Example sentences of "he try to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to be nice about it , but it was fairly obvious he did n't want me any more ; and truthfully , I did n't want him any more either , except in so far that I could n't bear that it should all have been for nothing — worse than nothing . |
| 2 | He tried to be nice to me but something rebelled inside me . |
| 3 | Dexter always irritated Blanche when he tried to be clever when she was tired . |
| 4 | But he tries to be reasonable . |
| 5 | Is he trying to be helpful by making himself different from McQueen ? |