Example sentences of "[adv] try [to-vb] [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four Ministers apparently tried to cover up the truth by hiding under a cloak of secrecy . |
| 2 | Let us not constantly try to talk down the coal industry . |
| 3 | Even if you can actually design antibodies which will fight the disease for the patient , it 's still very much trying to hold back the disease progress . |
| 4 | This is easy to do but please do not try to hurry up the process up as ‘ slow and steady ’ seems to give the best results and takes less time than trying to hurry . |
| 5 | Windsor has already tried to set up a team of his own in F1 and knows the problems involved , not least of which is the mega money needed to gain a foothold , never mind putting together the technical talent needed to build his own car . |
| 6 | Back in the surgery Sophie found Joanna giving the squirrel some milk and saw to her relief that he had not tried to pull off the dressing . |
| 7 | ‘ We 're not trying to stir up a hornet 's nest but we do want to let everyone know what we 're trying to achieve , ’ campaign spokesman Steve Melia said . |
| 8 | Maybe she was just trying to cover up the fact that she minds about my being illegitimate . ’ |
| 9 | He says that 's nonsense we 're just trying to brighten up the churches image in this drab end of the twentieth century . |
| 10 | All these women are expressing a primal female energy that 's perhaps unconsciously trying to balance out the spirit of rock , super-macho style . |
| 11 | Those closest to Camilla yesterday tried to play down the scandal . |
| 12 | Between them they managed to organize £50,000 from ICFC on a three-month note and rapidly tried to straighten out the balance sheet . |
| 13 | I always try to bring back a sweater for my wife , something like that . ’ |
| 14 | COSE has also agreed to do a plenary-style panel a la Uniforum that should attempt a general statement of intent , an update and hopefully try to clear up the COSE confusion — see back page . |
| 15 | There is no reason , however , to suppose that Isabella had deliberately tried to build up a party amongst the bishops . |
| 16 | I mean I can give you a little example erm I was once trying to add up a series of figures in the middle of an admissions exercise , and one of the other one of the men said to me ‘ oh , come on , you 're far too pretty to do mental arithmetic ’ and I completely lost my train of thought , I got rather confused . |
| 17 | I 'm still trying to give up the cigarettes you know ? |
| 18 | The Villa boss was still trying to pick up the pieces after his side 's shock exit from the Coca-Cola Cup in Tuesday night 's fourth round replay at Ipswich . |
| 19 | But for the moment these designs remain just that : the experts are still trying to sort out the answers that chickens have given them and , until they do , can not finalise a commercial prototype for improved cages . |
| 20 | Israeli Prime Minister Itzhak Shamir , himself Polish-born , had once commented that " Poles suck in anti-Semitism with their mothers ' milk " , and a main purpose of Walesa 's visit was to ease the strains between the two countries centring on enduring Polish anti-Semitism ; Walesa himself was still trying to live down the controversy caused by a statement during his 1990 presidential campaign that he was " clean " because his family had no Jewish blood . |
| 21 | He is still trying to shrug off a throat and chest virus , but seems certain to start the game with Wednesday , 3-1 down from the first leg , struggling for striking cover . |
| 22 | Anybody who 's still trying to work out the story about the wreath and the river , there was n't any point to it . |
| 23 | His mind was still trying to work out the puzzle she had set him . |
| 24 | Oxford United 's new owners are still trying to shake off the Maxwell legacy . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm glad I did it , but I 'm still trying to grow out the damage . |
| 26 | Mr Major clearly tried to cheer up the troops , and succeeded by promising them all a free 10-minute call home at Christmas . |
| 27 | Mr Major clearly tried to cheer up the troops , and succeeded by promising them all a free 10-minute call home at Christmas . |
| 28 | The Council may also try to draw up a science policy for Europe , if it is serious about this it will have to soil its hands a little more with the sharp end of applied research . |
| 29 | An Occidental spokesman claims that the government has repeatedly tried to cover up the Army 's role for fear of diluting its case against the company and having to admit some federal responsibility for the situation . |
| 30 | They were probably trying to blow up the bridge . |