Example sentences of "to try and [verb] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The HP.42 , G–AAUC Horsa , took-off from Basra on August 28 at 22.30 hours , to try and make up lost time . |
| 2 | He has been working very long hours setting up in business here in er in this area er he gets home late at night and I 'm afraid to say that over the last few months he 's been nagged continuously by his girlfriend who wants him to try and sort out financial arrangements because the relationship between the two of them 's not been very good . |
| 3 | To try and sort out these problems , it is necessary to investigate the context in which fossils are found . |
| 4 | Some miners used these payments to try and set up small businesses or farms . |
| 5 | The first is to try and bring out some perceptions of the problems of Primary Health Care implementation in South Africa and , in particular , the Apartheid System 's impact on implementation . |
| 6 | I decided to try and sketch out such contexts in the book I wrote about my research . |
| 7 | The realization that it is a very costly option for a firm to try and lay off all employees and replace them allows ‘ insiders ’ to bargain for a continuing employment relationship and to achieve a greater than labour-market-clearing wage . |
| 8 | The job paid quite well and I could perhaps at that stage have afforded somewhere slightly better to live , but I 'd got used to my new home and I was still keen to try and build up some savings again . |
| 9 | The aim of the gist-listening session was to try and break down this hostility by showing the group that they could understand two native speakers talking ‘ naturally ’ , in this case about a shopping expedition . |
| 10 | A further analysis using data disaggregated by type of good will be carried out to try and identify where these shifts originated . |
| 11 | When another few minutes went by she was scratching her head to try and think up some way of making sure that Naylor would consider any such notion laughable . |
| 12 | Now a sprinter beforehand will actually be on the blocks and will take in a lot of oxygen to try and saturate as much oxygen into their blood as possible , so that when that gun goes off they will aim to have all of their red cells where possible carrying oxygen . |
| 13 | Well I suppose it 's it 's just to try and find out different opinions on on different wars and things like that . |
| 14 | She said that she woke up one day and did not feel lost or depressed , did not wonder what she was going to do with herself or reach for the phone to try and summon up some company . |
| 15 | Toy soldier enthusiasts have been gathering at an auction to try and pick up some bargains . |
| 16 | One is to try and pick up bypassable traffic and take it away from Harrogate and Knaresborough . |