Example sentences of "[be] [adv] try [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can can I just say that I think it 's interesting that Mao 's sort of targeting the local tyrants and the erm the evil gentry I mean because you could , you could ar argue that basically the landlords are only trying to get a return erm which is , which is equal to what they can get if they invest all their money in or you know erm or whatever or big cities |
| 2 | ‘ Look , ’ sniffed Mel , ‘ these guys are only trying to make a bob or two … and from what I gather they usually rake in a fair bit . ’ |
| 3 | The 6.00 news , this is Annie Webster , Police investigating a triple murder in Buckinghamshire are tonight trying to persuade a man hiding in nearby woods not to kill himself , Paul Chandler reports : |
| 4 | Police investigating a triple murder in Buckinghamshire are tonight trying to persuade a man hiding in nearby woods not to kill himself . |
| 5 | And police investigating a triple murder in Buckinghamshire are tonight trying to persuade a man hiding in nearby woods not to kill himself . |
| 6 | ‘ It is an absolute red herring and they are just trying to make a mountain out of a molehill ’ — NEIL GRAY ( All Black manager in Australia ) after his team had been accused of excessively tough tactics in beating New South Wales ( 41–9 ) . |
| 7 | If they ask me Sir , they 're just trying to make a monkey out of you . |
| 8 | We 're not picking on you we 're just trying to get a conversation going here like , but it 's very hard when you just sit there and say nothing . |
| 9 | They 're still trying to establish a motive for the stabbing of Richard Miles , who was found dead in his garden . |
| 10 | They 're also trying to contact a series of YTS workers . |
| 11 | They 're also trying to contact a series of YTS workers . |
| 12 | If you 're seriously trying to arrange a trip I 'd be interested in popping up ( a good excuse to visit my parents in sunny Harrogate ) . |
| 13 | Because , what you 're going back to , just reemphasizing the point earlier , you 're speaking one-to-one , you 're not trying to convince a , a group of , of , of councillors , you 're trying to actually convey a message and , yes , you 're trying to convince , but you 're actually trying to convey a message doing one-to-one interview , across to people who know nothing about it , whereas councillors purport to know something about it . |
| 14 | that at the same time you 're actually trying to assume a policy of equality ? |
| 15 | Now I 'd like to bring you back to Mr Williamson 's opening remarks in which he described the allocations of land for industry and all these other things that are tied in with industry now as generous , making generous allocations , and the Civic Society would like to see those allocations rather less generous , we are like trying to develop a climate of restraint when on the expansion of Harrogate and the rate at which people are encouraged or wish to come into the town . |
| 16 | Certainly they are forever trying to find a chink between their world and this . |
| 17 | ‘ We are also trying to arrange a surprise visiting loco but at the moment details have not yet been finalised with its owner . |
| 18 | We are also trying to arrange a walk along part of the BCR trackbed . |
| 19 | Some men with permanently limp members may suffer from an inability to secrete nitric oxide , and researchers are now trying to develop a treatment which would stimulate its production . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm obviously trying to have a row with you . |
| 21 | I 'm marrying my Italian born fiancé in London and I 'm desperately trying to find a venue for the reception which can serve our guests an authentic Italian meal . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm just trying to do a job . |
| 23 | I 'm just trying to make a banana cake . |
| 24 | to cover a wee bit of ground here , I 'm just trying to make a point to you about how many closes you 're probably not aware for the minute , these are only a few of them , right , similar situation close , right , lost sale close , right the did n't I cover that close |
| 25 | But others looked as though they were desperately trying to find a way out , gazing to the ceiling deep in thought . |
| 26 | He is still trying to arrange a concert for it in London . ’ |
| 27 | Despite this apparent endorsement , SCO wo n't say whether it has even made a decision yet , suggesting that it is still trying to picture a future for OSF/1 , given the lack of industry support for it and the shadows cast by OSF 's re-focusing . |
| 28 | So , Freud says , trying to build morality on the basis of religion , is like trying to build a house on sand , because the foundations wo n't hold . |
| 29 | it 's like trying to put a quart in a pint pot gon na dry them , it 's dry , manage to get it in , it 's awful |
| 30 | But it 's , it 's like trying to climb a mountain , is n't it , in a sense , you , it 's getting steeper and steeper as you get to the peak , so it gets harder and harder to get that last little bit . |