Example sentences of "[prep] try [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yesterday Acting Detective Inspector Colin Gibson , of Darlington CID , said the teenager suffered a slight cut to his face after trying to struggle away from the two . |
| 2 | It emphasises the importance of trying to push ahead with the peace process that is now under way . |
| 3 | Not to speak of trying to keep up with the other three murder investigations I 'm in charge of . |
| 4 | There is urgent need to determine the limits of production … if we are to avoid the danger of trying to extract more from the land than it is capable of yielding . |
| 5 | A similar exercise which will only work with a low handicap golfer is one of trying to stay back on the right side a little longer , and to be slightly flat-footed with the right foot through impact . |
| 6 | It was all she could do to scramble behind trying to keep up with the long , impatient strides . |
| 7 | I was arrested twice , once for trying to get out of the place , and once for just walking around the course , both times without wearing a badge . |
| 8 | He also earned the nickname of the ‘ Red Caliph ’ by trying to give back to the Muslims a grand old mosque which the Catholic church had converted into a monastery 500 years ago . |
| 9 | Only by trying to stand back from the daily grind and reviewing one 's long term goals can such opposition be slowly undermined . |
| 10 | We staged with the Sultan of Oman and Muscat , and Salalah , and I can recall one evening a hit of a commotion , when one of the Wapiti crews of No 55 Squadron caused an uproar by trying to get on to the roof . |