Example sentences of "[pers pn] did try " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these days of concern for the environment I am unwilling to use peat ( though I did try it some years ago and found my plants made little headway anyway ) . |
| 2 | ‘ When I started , ’ he recalls , ‘ I did try to follow old patterns , but it was n't easy , so I followed my imagination . |
| 3 | In the event , whenever I did try to grow it , it ended up looking like Jimi Hendrix 's . |
| 4 | I 'm sorry I have n't called , but I did try … |
| 5 | I did try and help her about how to run a war because it 's such a long time since anybody 's run a war — I mean the technical methods of running a war — which she did very well . |
| 6 | I could see she was an unfit woman , and although I was resolved not to tell anyone now of my qualifications , except that I had been an ARP worker , I did try to be as helpful to her as I could . |
| 7 | ‘ I did try the new Roland GR-1 and it 's pretty amazing . |
| 8 | However , since the silhouette of the Opera House is at its best from this vantage point , I did try some sunrise pictures , which gave a glorious red sky , and allowed the black shape of the Opera House itself to hide the diggings in the foreground . |
| 9 | I tried , like , I did try , but it was just no good . |
| 10 | ‘ I did try , C.W. , ’ Philpott said with an apologetic shrug . |
| 11 | But I did try ! |
| 12 | I did try , once before . " |
| 13 | ‘ And I did try to talk my way out of trouble . |
| 14 | ‘ I did try to be a little of what he wanted , you know , at the beginning . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I did try — many , many times . |
| 16 | However , since the silhouette of the Opera House is at its best from this vantage point , I did try some sunrise pictures , which gave a glorious red sky , and allowed the black shape of the Opera House itself to hide the diggings in the foreground . |
| 17 | ( I did try to see him twice , but he was away all September . ) |
| 18 | ‘ I did try and warn you , Chief Inspector . |
| 19 | I did try but you were engaged . " |
| 20 | ‘ I did try . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I mean , I 'm sorry I could n't get through to you on Thursday evening , but I did try , and got cut off . |
| 22 | I did try . |
| 23 | I can dramatize this by discussing the one time when I did try to aim for a distant target . |
| 24 | And what the response was to it because , well I I did try it merely sort of to experience it , and I do n't think that it was an addictive experience and |
| 25 | I did try , I was gon na try before I came here but I was . |
| 26 | I mean , I did try and and make a male and female split all the way round , on the basis that all team male and all female team done it earlier . |
| 27 | Which I did try to tell |
| 28 | I did try , but it 's so difficult . |
| 29 | I did try on a couple of occasions to wind the engine up past the 5000rpm mark , where the torque curve begins to fall away rapidly , but it produced no more performance than was available by driving the car sensibly for economy . |
| 30 | Okay , well I did try to motivate them , motivate them to make the most of each person 's individual skills . |