Example sentences of "[adj] try [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one extreme , it is possible to try to commit everything on the tape to paper . |
| 2 | Someone tried to make a golf course in the water meadows ; another tried to run it as a pub , and put close-fitting carpets over the flags . |
| 3 | although they know that it costs twice as much to try to collect it as the amount that they actually collect . |
| 4 | Why , otherwise would the EC investigating lawyer be bombarded with phone calls all trying to dissuade him from a site visit ? |
| 5 | Events in Eastern Europe will affect all farmers and growers so it is important to try to understand something of the problems . |
| 6 | They have an important part to play in providing care to those discharged after long stays in hospital and also in providing temporary homes and rehabilitation to those trying to re-establish themselves in the community . |
| 7 | For the moment , Simon is busy trying to familiarise himself with the mysteries babies bring into the home — such as nappies . |
| 8 | By the end of 1978 renewed demonstrations in Isfahan and Tehran ( and elsewhere ) had demoralized both the Shah 's government and the Americans , who were busy trying to salvage something from a situation that was clearly going badly wrong . |
| 9 | Or was he just trying to provoke her into an argument for the sheer hell of it ? |
| 10 | In the ensuing election campaign foreign affairs were unusually prominent , with Labour trying to project itself as a better defender of the peace than the Tories . |
| 11 | European Tour , did their best to try to get us to the 1st tee . |
| 12 | ‘ For you know , we are obliged to try to amuse ourselves during the hunt . ’ |
| 13 | In another cliffhanger the Saltires , for whom Paul Hull was outstanding , came off second-best again when Mark ‘ Turbo ’ Thomas powered over for two tries to clinch it for the holders ( 12–10 ) . |