Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] try [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The US Masters champion added : ‘ I always try to defend a title but I have sweated my guts out in America this year to get where I am and I feel I am entitled to play . |
| 2 | If there is one thing more disagreeable than removing the bovine afterbirth it is watching somebody else doing it , and I always try to maintain a conversation as I grope around inside . |
| 3 | I recently tried knitting a sweater in four ply acrylic , using a slightly different style pattern from my usual choice . |
| 4 | Have you ever tried to take a bone away from a strange dog ? |
| 5 | Have you ever tried to reach a summit when in retrospect you 've realised that the conditions were too dangerous ? |
| 6 | One still made her laugh : ‘ Have you ever tried writing a play ? ’ the little girl asked the dog who was typing on top of his kennel . |
| 7 | ( Have you ever tried having a conversation with someone who is holding a hanky over their face ? ) |
| 8 | But have you ever tried to find a garter in Tweedie tartan ? |
| 9 | Have you ever tried to sign a tennis ball ? |
| 10 | We then tried to rent a garage ( long and thin and hence more the shape of a church ! ) but this fell through too . |
| 11 | Sometimes they even try to offer a position at a lower salary than advertised . |
| 12 | Suddenly it stops , and everybody then tries to get a chair , but as there is one short someone will be left standing , and is then out of the game . |
| 13 | John and Ann ( although Ann to a lesser extent ) were close contenders as they actively tried to get a tan . |
| 14 | They actually tried to have a structure for the organisation that had doctors , nurses , alternative healers and patients with parity at the organisational level , but they kept the front up that it was run by doctors , because that way they would be acknowledged within the discourses of medicine as having equal power to argue . |
| 15 | Has he ever tried to push a wheelchair and try it for himself ? |
| 16 | He once tried to found a citizens ' police under the ‘ Fifth Estate ’ to monitor the doings of the FBI and the Central Intelligence Agency . |
| 17 | He also tried to create a smokescreen by engaging in a pointless quibble about the statistics on how many people will be affected by his proposals . |
| 18 | In 1698 he equipped two ships to explore the Mississippi ; he also tried to encourage a Huguenot settlement on the Gulf of Mexico , and to float a joint-stock company to exploit Florida . |