Example sentences of "[verb] try [to-vb] [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , although the government has tried to open up the supply side to competition , barriers to entry still exist both in terms of medical personnel and hospital construction . |
| 2 | Actually we were n't too happy with the back of the old barn , because although we 'd tried to plug up every hole in the stonework , it was still possible for a determined young owl to squeeze out here and there . |
| 3 | The fawn was badly injured trying to jump over a wire fence , and had to be operated on to save her life . |
| 4 | But it was only when Raine , now 62 , decided the sightings were upset-ting her ailing husband that she decided to try to kill off the spook . |
| 5 | She , Claudia , would have to try to pick up the pieces , and that would n't be easy . |
| 6 | ‘ He says he ca n't remember exactly but he thinks he may have tried to pull out the knife . |
| 7 | ‘ We are sure the fire was started to try to cover up the murders . |
| 8 | Peter Snyman at Random Century says that a third South African lawyer telephoned him offering the autobiography ( he also says that his company never signed a contract with Ayob , though they did try to work out a deal ) . |
| 9 | This means trying to claw back the pay rises extracted by workers since deregulation of food prices on 1 August : butter has since then gone up 1,000 per cent , meat by 700 per cent . |
| 10 | There 's the case of the £10 billion wasted trying to prop up the pound . |
| 11 | Robert had tried to open up the subject of Hasan several times , but Mr Malik seemed far less concerned about him than he had been . |
| 12 | One of the students had tried to carry out a literature search during the summer , before coming on the course . |
| 13 | All these activities suddenly came to an end when Chiang Kai-shek broke with the Communists after the USSR had tried to take over the KMT . |
| 14 | Erm Joyce I think had had tried to drop out the things that were only relevant to individual officers out . |
| 15 | Perry 's manager Sally Dickinson said at one point Mr Glenn had tried to switch on a light to raise the alarm but had been threatened with violence . |
| 16 | Staff who had tried to buy out the company to keep it working say they 're devastated . |
| 17 | ‘ We are emerging from just about as difficult a period as I can remember in over 37 years in the business , but we are emerging with capital ratios still among the strongest of any of the world 's banks — ready and willing to lend for any viable purpose , and desperate for the chance to show both personal and corporate customers that the personal , flexible , friendly service which we have tried to give in the past and which I hope has given us the privilege of enjoying your company tonight — that same service is still very much on offer today . ’ |
| 18 | Some countries have tried to slow down the exodus by insisting that players can not leave before a certain age , usually 28 , or until they have completed their national service . |
| 19 | To the west of the caravan sites , owners of caravans and beach huts have tried to close off an access road along the back of the sea defences . |
| 20 | VANDALS have tried to cut down the tree which has become a shrine to rock star Marc Bolan . |
| 21 | We have tried to sum up the fragments of information which we have for the last three centuries in our second chapter , ‘ Glimpses of a Lost History ’ . |
| 22 | I have tried to build up a repertoire that incorporates only pieces I can live with throughout an entire lifetime . |