Example sentences of "[adv] try [verb] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the RPF 's leaders were uneasy about risking the new movement 's reputation by contesting these elections , but de Gaulle , perhaps trying to make up for the lost opportunities of 1945 and 1946 , was adamant that the Rassemblement should make an all-out effort to capture as much popular support as possible . |
| 2 | Before Christmas many of the shops had to open on Sundays for the first time just to try to make up for the terrible year . |
| 3 | So we sort of like trying to hang on for the time being about the door . |
| 4 | Conflict with authority : Family members may repeatedly try to cover up for the misdeeds of the primary sufferer and may be exceedingly angry with various authorities when they themselves are found out . |
| 5 | I mean it 's really trying to make up for the differences in the coverage that students coming into the university have had . |