Example sentences of "[conj] try [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Expensive though this was , it was still cheaper than trying to transport freight by the more direct route , across Polish territory . |
| 2 | Under the European Community Wild Birds Directive SPA designation requires the Government to guarantee the area 's future protection and to try to prevent damage to the habitats within it . |
| 3 | Conker hurried to begin with , gregarious as usual , then he slowed and tried to snatch grass from the hedgerows , the long stalks of cow parsley dangling from his mouth . |
| 4 | ‘ Your partner probably recognised you as the innocent you are — and tried to take advantage of the fact . |
| 5 | Then he watched a video and tried to set fire to the house before going back to Bath . |
| 6 | Then , the GLC , appalled at the waste and dereliction of this gigantic site in the heart of London , declared the place an ‘ Action Area ’ and tried to inspire development from the top down . |
| 7 | They usually deal with the situation in one of two ways — they patronise you and try to take control on the assumption that you must need their guidance to do a decent job ; or they undermine you by making obscene remarks and deliberately causing problems . |
| 8 | You do n't need to treat every dialogue in the same way anyway , so keep that kind of work for audio materials and try to use video for the work it is best suited for . |
| 9 | Pass any through the serpent 's coils , And try to lay claim to the spoils . |
| 10 | Quietly , choosing my time , I shall make my way to the Garden Tower and try to gain access to the upper chamber . ’ |
| 11 | Alternatively the parents may use the child as a pawn in their battles and try to gain allegiance from the child ( Minuchin 1974 ; , Barker 1986 ) . |
| 12 | Sometimes — now , for instance — I look down on Tod , on John , as a mother might ( mother night ) , and try to find hope in the innocence or neutrality of his sleep So now we wake up a new man . |
| 13 | In an atmosphere of such buoyancy the dealers are obliged to cut margins and try to survive competition from the opportunists for whom the fax boom is simply the latest in a long line of nice little short-term earners , such as double-glazing and car phones . |
| 14 | Surprises everywhere — Jess thought , retying her hair , smoothing her dress and trying to bring order to the thoughts that flew about in her head like dry leaves in a wind . |
| 15 | As a practising manager scanning and trying to make sense of the environment surrounding my particular enterprise , I came , too , to experience a high degree of frustration with , and scepticism about , the very notion of scanning ; and great concern as to the bias that I might introduce if I tried to communicate my conclusions to others ! |
| 16 | He was shot in the thigh while trying to avoid arrest at the Danish frontier in May 1945 , and tried for treason in London in September . |
| 17 | Not all religious sites were so openly associated with water , however , despite its popularity in Celtic theology , but caution is necessary when trying to identify religion as the primary function for a settlement 's foundation and continued existence , as so many small towns possessed at least one temple . |