Example sentences of "[adv] try [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said for heaven sake girls , not only trying to cut down on the expensive just because obviously trying to start up on their own . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I did n't exactly try to sneak out of the Court ; funnily enough , most Courts are n't designed with that in mind . |
| 5 | I hope to God , he thought , Durkin does not try to get back before the storm breaks . |
| 6 | ‘ We 're not trying to get out of a short-term financial embarrassment , which gives us flexibility . |
| 7 | Mr Salmond said : ‘ I find it quite incredible that on the day this bungling Government is desperately trying to scramble out of a hole on pit closures , it is at the same time drilling itself into a well on oil jobs . |
| 8 | Speedie was just trying to get on with the game . |
| 9 | Instead of trying to walk , doggy paddle , Heathcliffe always tried to climb out of the water ; hence , he generally ended up on his back , legs lashing away hopelessly , until disappearing under the surface . |
| 10 | But naturally not even legitimate authorities always succeed , nor do they always try to live up to the ideal . |
| 11 | It produces the archetypal image of the Christian , afraid of life , always trying to climb back into the Garden of Eden , by creating a world of fantasy if necessary to inhabit at the expense of living in the real world . |
| 12 | So we sort of like trying to hang on for the time being about the door . |
| 13 | Peru is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president , Alan Garcia . |
| 14 | She was still trying to get out of the parking space . |
| 15 | Even as she turned towards the staircase she was still trying to come up with a good reason for not sleeping in his bed , but when she reached the top step she turned with a resigned sigh towards his room , too bone weary to argue any more . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I mean it 's really trying to make up for the differences in the coverage that students coming into the university have had . |
| 18 | ‘ Huh , ’ said Angalo , nonchalantly trying to swivel around in the chair in case any tentacled things with teeth were trying to creep up on him . |
| 19 | He felt himself to be so uneducated that it seemed hopeless even to try to catch up with the ordinary things that people knew . |
| 20 | He even tried sneaking back to the library at night , thinking the Bookman might appear after dark , but had to stop this when he backed into Mr Crangle , who was up to the same thing . |
| 21 | Do n't try to give up at a time when you are already stressed . |
| 22 | This is paradoxically confirmed by the fact that both capitalist and socialist economists , politicians and ideologues are increasingly trying to jump on to the Green bandwaggon and to appropriate its policies for themselves . |
| 23 | ‘ Imagine someone who had given up teaching five years ago trying to get back into the profession now . |
| 24 | He felt it was possible and he opted to at least try to stay out of the glitterama ; and , as the movie industry would soon learn , this cool-headed assessment of the way he hoped his career would pan out would soon include his rejection of many scripts including The Godfather , The Sting and The Great Gatsby . |
| 25 | Yes , well I think that 's why you that 's why I keep on trying to come back to the regulatory system , because what you really in fundamental form a pension is a contract between an employer and an individual , you know you pay me so much money and when you get to a certain age I will pay you . |