Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] not try " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not try and cosset these over winter by placing them into a separate tank in the garage , reasoning that the survivors will be the toughest of the bunch and more likely to make up into sturdy adult fish : come spring , they are distributed to friends . |
| 2 | There is a great gulf between ‘ popular culture ’ ( excuse me if I do not try to define the term ) and contemporary art . |
| 3 | But I do not try to re-read the text to make it more acceptable ; I dissociate myself from Shakespeare 's outlook . |
| 4 | I am against circuses with animal acts , and I do not try and stand outside a circus and stop people going in . |
| 5 | It 's not that I do n't try — I do . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , if I do n't try something soon , ’ Anabelle said , ‘ I 'm afraid the other animals will become very angry . ’ |
| 7 | I do n't try to reproduce the place , but the light of the place . |
| 8 | If I do n't try myself to answer such questions , I could be sure that someone would certainly raise them . |
| 9 | ‘ That 's what she says but I do n't try to influence her either way . ’ |
| 10 | As I approach the flats I do n't try to hide myself . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , but , you see , ’ said Masklin firmly , ‘ if I do n't try , then it 's always going to be like this . |
| 12 | I do n't try . |
| 13 | As Mabel , a retired teacher who also served on the Middlesbrough and Teesside borough councils for 21 years , says : ‘ Anyone reading the book will gather I 'm a socialist , though I do n't try to make political points . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Although I do n't try to shock I do try to make the moment as vividly alive for the audience as I can and that 's a sort of crusade , ’ he admits . |
| 15 | Oh yeah , I know it 's not , no I know it 's not easy , I do n't try to make out it 's easy |
| 16 | I did not try one with the full sixty degrees , which is almost a full airbrake setting and would doubtless produce a still slower stall speed , but the Bölkow is obviously capable of getting into a very short field if required . |
| 17 | Although I could not understand his language , I understood that they would be friendly towards me — if I did not try to harm them . |
| 18 | In my sixth year I did make myself a smaller canoe , but I did not try to escape in it . |
| 19 | She lapsed into a deep silence which I did not try to disturb . |
| 20 | ‘ For the last time , I did not try and seduce you . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ If this offer is not accepted no one can ever say that I did not try to help my club . |
| 22 | Why I did n't try to do more than this for so many months is an important question which I need to make some attempt to answer . |
| 23 | ‘ We need to check what he was doing those days , anyway — I did n't try too hard when we were last there , because I hoped the autopsy might give us something . |
| 24 | When they started dancing I did n't try and stop them because I had to let them do what they felt was right . ’ |
| 25 | I did n't try algicides as I 've heard too many horror stories . |
| 26 | I did n't try the grilled Greek halloumi cheese with pitta bread , but as it passed by on the way to another table I rather wished I had . |
| 27 | We snatched opportunities when we could , when my children were staying with friends or even , once , and extra dangerously , when they were asleep ( though the fear that one of them might wake put me off so I did n't try that again ) . |
| 28 | I did n't try to stop Connors . |
| 29 | Well , what happens if I did n't try ? |
| 30 | I did n't try to hide it . |