Example sentences of "[conj] try and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can decide later whether to let it out or try and lose some weight . |
| 2 | ‘ Listen , Roger , go for a walk in the grounds or try and pour more balm on Mandeville 's troubled spirit . |
| 3 | It is n't merely a matter of training and qualifications , it 's a matter of religious commitment as well and most teachers nowadays take the view that to try and teach this subject without that religious commitment is sheer hypocrisy . |
| 4 | All the same , what 's attractive about Russell is his readiness to admit failures , and to try and suggest new solutions . |
| 5 | I think , obviously you 've you 've got your own organization , your own professional standards and things , I think they need to be developed and , more importantly , promoted themselves to the public , and then , to take it a bit further and to try and escape that straitjacket which I think which in this country particularly all public servants are limited by . |
| 6 | the other option of course is not to do that and to try and gain some experience erm m maybe voluntary for some of the time so that maybe I can then spend you know in another years time get a job which is a bit more relevant and I 'll be able to earn some money . |
| 7 | Talk through each one , and try and get that sample good luck . |
| 8 | It 's simply to make the letters bigger and try and get some sense of flow |
| 9 | And then , suddenly practical , he said , ‘ When ye 've finished yer drink Ah suggest ye put Prescott away , turn yer light out and try and get some sleep . |
| 10 | Believe absolutely in the accuracy of their information ( they can not all be wrong ) and try and disregard conflicting body sensations. b ) Stay on instruments until unambiguous visual cues become available . |
| 11 | and gradually you can go through it again and sort of fit the references in and , you know , so gradually , and then , then you find it 's too big and then you sort of go through it again and try and knock some stuff out so |
| 12 | We can remove the cause of the habit , reduce the horse 's anxiety , and try and establish other patterns of behaviour . |
| 13 | They are designed not only to keep out black people but to try and intimidate black workers already in Britain and make it harder for them to claim their basic human rights . |
| 14 | ‘ Possibly , but try and avoid unfortunate words , old chap . |