Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] try [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hit one six and then instead of just trying to hit a single from the next I tried to hit it for four and was out . |
| 2 | The number of tourists at the town 's new tourist information centre has doubled to 26,000 this year , and the policy of always trying to answer a visitor 's question has undoubtedly played a part in that success . |
| 3 | Barton says : ‘ I had a reputation at the club of always trying to play a bit of football . |
| 4 | The idea of even trying to resist a drink on a night out is a bit of an English phenomenon — it would never happen in Scotland ! |
| 5 | IT is too much to hope that John Major 's vision of a ‘ classless society ’ can be realised at the drop of a hat but , if that what he wants , he might at least try to create a climate of equality . |