Example sentences of "and try [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He does n't even tilt his head and try to see round the blindfold . |
| 2 | At times of the greatest mental stress I would wander into some cool church and try to pray in the dimness scented by peasant sweat , cold candle-grease and stale incense . |
| 3 | Record a backing tape with this chord and try experimenting with the mode . |
| 4 | Two children climb down into the hole ( having first borrowed a rope ladder ! ) and try to talk to the creature . |
| 5 | Often , the best way to prove a mathematical theorem is to start at both ends , and try to meet in the middle . |
| 6 | And the way we do this is by resort to moral principles , which we identify , weigh , and try to apply to the issue before us . |
| 7 | I suppose English critics will always work on the old lines , and try to get behind the book to quiz the author … instead of seeing that he is almost irresponsible , that it is the result of haphazard circumstances , and that the writer rubs his eyes and wonders how this and that got into his pages as much as the reviewer does . |
| 8 | ‘ If no one else turned up we 'd play three pots in , at night we 'd get nearer the light in the pub car park and try to play in the pitch black . |
| 9 | In a short while she would be installed in a quiet hotel room where she could get on with her work , and try to forget about the arrival of that frightening letter . |