Example sentences of "[pron] try [to-vb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The effort of getting up the third and fourth flights , which I tried to manage in one go , muddled me somehow . |
2 | I tried to explain at that press conference and the only one who understood was Bridges , the only one . |
3 | Much as I tried to break in several times , they always caught me and would n't let me in to see the poor people travelling . |
4 | Coming in by train to Waverley I tried to identify with those tourists ‘ seeing ’ Edinburgh Castle for the first time . |
5 | I tried to think of specific areas … like number of wins — home record — goals etc . |
6 | I tried to think of nice things ; then , when I could n't think of any , I determined to concentrate on what was happening around me . |
7 | I try to babysit for different people ; sometimes I 'm so embarrassed I ca n't go back to a place . |
8 | It 's one of the things I try to do for selfish pleasure , glorious , indulgent , selfish pleasure , rather than for money . ’ |
9 | What I try to do in this book is to show that faith is reasonable . |
10 | ‘ I try to plant in straight lines — I do n't like amoebic-shaped beds . |
11 | I try to rise above such prejudices , much as the communicators rise above the prejudices of the C2s . |
12 | I try to get through this stage of painting with only a few sticks of colour . |
13 | I try to get through this stage of painting with only a few sticks of colour . |
14 | Changez dragged his body from his camp-bed like someone trying to walk with five footballs under their arms . |
15 | With a little frown , she tried to think of another reason . |
16 | Sleepily she tried to adjust for this situation , flipping over and snuggling into the heated surface of his chest . |
17 | A number of deaf men attempted to enlist for the Army , but many were rejected on grounds of deafness , including four who tried to enlist in one day at an enlisting station in Wales . |
18 | erm the ladies who are a bit obese and get all the sympathy you get all so skin or just skinny and suddenly you try to put on some weight , you just ca n't . |
19 | Afshar suggested , " Your Majesty , time will tell , but you could say to him " If you try to sit on two stills , you will fall between . " " |
20 | If you try to speak to any body you will be ignored , if you get in the way you 'll be knocked down in the wild scramble to get goods away to Paris , London , Brussels , and all the great centres of northern and eastern France . |
21 | Mm , mm where you trying to go with that Zimmer ? |
22 | And what are you trying to do with these children ? |
23 | ‘ Kelly , ’ I shouted and she turned round and shrieked , ‘ Annie , darling ’ , and we tried to fall into each other 's arms . |
24 | ‘ P-please , sir , we tried to go in straight lines . |
25 | Nowadays , increasingly , we try to listen to such works as Acis and Galatea and the Cecilian Ode in the form in which Handel composed them ; to hear them through the prism of the classical musical consciousness is disconcerting . |
26 | But once we try to reach beyond living memory this constraint is inevitable . |
27 | That 's what image means and it 's what we try to do in political campaigns . |
28 | ‘ We try to compensate for missed experiences and help them behave in age-appropriate ways . |
29 | But we try to think of happy memories together too . |
30 | Complications arise if one tries to tie in this principle with the favourable tax treatment of ‘ golden handshakes ’ , discussed in more detail in Chapter 19 . |