Example sentences of "and try [to-vb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not until the twentieth century that visual artists started to look into the landscape of the Highlands and Islands and try to say something about the lives of the people that lived through those times . |
| 2 | For instance , young and untrained sheepdogs will often spontaneously run round to the other side of a flock of sheep and try to drive them towards the shepherd . |
| 3 | One dog may then try to get between the herd and the straggler , and try to drive it towards the rest of the pack . |
| 4 | ‘ It is only if you pretend and try to sweep it under the carpet that you get a bigoted response , ’ Mr Purton added after the vote . |
| 5 | Take the cards in turn and try to think them into the matter for negotiation . |
| 6 | You think of the glow of pride that still lingers from your last HVS triumph with embarrassment and try to console yourself with the mitigating circumstances of age , heavy work responsibilities , duty to family , your back problem … |
| 7 | It is out of this divided and constrained perspective that we have developed the materialistic theory of evolution and try to fit everything into the confines of such a bleak and narrow view . |
| 8 | Suddenly he 'd arch his back like a twig in a furnace , scraping his stockinged feet for purchase , then take his head in both hands and try to smash it on the floor , only prevented by the cushions . |
| 9 | She liked to look at the visitors as they arrived and try to match them with the patients . |
| 10 | I roll off my own bank , and try to follow him with the pipper . |