Example sentences of "[pron] try and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you actually inviting them to try and mount this operation , sir ? ’ |
| 2 | and they come to MPs like me to try and find some way of helping themselves out of the dilemma . |
| 3 | What I am trying to do is to , is to question the wisdom of introducing more rules and regulations and every time I try and raise this issue , whether it be in standing committee or on the floor of the house , quite understandably the chairman or the speaker , deputy speaker in your case , raises the point that in fact I 'm going outside the rules and regulations and the result is you can never challenge the whole principle because every time one tries to challenge it one gets up and that 's the disease I 'm afraid we 've now er facing in this country . |
| 4 | But if she thinks it 's worth the risk , then it 's up to you to try and contain that risk — make sure there 's nothing to trip over , and that someone who can react quickly is on hand to give tactful support where necessary . |
| 5 | Tea will be up shortly , and then I want you to try and get some sleep . |
| 6 | I suggest you try and get some sleep . ’ |
| 7 | and you try and put those values in , you , you can prove anything . |
| 8 | And I just wondered how you try and tackle this problem |
| 9 | If you try and have any type of community there will not be enough space to go round . |
| 10 | There 's a certain irony here in the fact that the world leader in free market philosophy should be the one to try and bring some regulation into this area , because that 's the problem here , almost complete deregulation the use of convenient ships , low skilled , low paid er exploited often Third World workers , used and abused by ship owners the world over to increase their profit margins , with a subsequent lack of concern over both the environment and people 's lives . |
| 11 | Now if we try and get some idea of what this distance may correspond to , light travels at what sort of speed ? |
| 12 | Of course , and if you go back to the answer Beana was giving , even within a country if you try if we try and solve other people 's problems , one is very likely , if not always , to end up with those sorts of difficulties . |
| 13 | ‘ Only that we try and spend some time together again . |
| 14 | Swindon have two features in thier play which make them popular with other teams 1 ) they try and play entertaining football from the back and 2 ) ( most importantly ) they 're shit ! |
| 15 | You did ask erm for us to try and help this examination by giving some indication of the differences between shall we say , the two sides of the debate . |