Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] try [conj] " in BNC.

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1 I feel that sometimes I do try to play God when I do try and keep people alive beyond reasonable times .
2 I do try and write guitar lines that could virtually be melodies for a vocal .
3 ‘ If I do try and run away , then you 're going to make sure I 'm hounded by the press . ’
4 Joan Andrews , of Pensby , Wirral , added : ‘ I do n't go shopping in Liverpool all that often , but I do try and visit Owen Owen .
5 I do try and get most of the things out from behind there it 's this this bookcase I have terrible trouble with .
6 I did try but you were engaged . "
7 I did try and help her about how to run a war because it 's such a long time since anybody 's run a war — I mean the technical methods of running a war — which she did very well .
8 I did try and warn you , Chief Inspector .
9 I mean , I did try and and make a male and female split all the way round , on the basis that all team male and all female team done it earlier .
10 I did try and move because of what you said
11 I did try and find the , the microphone that went with daddy 's old tape recorder , the one that David broke to see if that would fit on .
12 And I did try and sit on one of them .
13 They did bring out Times Small Ads and I did try and do a Bible in it but it did n't work .
14 It would be very it would be very considerate if you did try and answer a little bit briefer alright ?
15 Erm and again I put erm things about putting details in the post although you , although you did try and overcome that one erm but you , you just could n't , you could n't get Steven to realize the benefit of you actually going round with the illustrations rather than you just sending it and you needed to get , to get the appointment out of him rather than because if he got the illustrations in the post he may never read them .
16 Erm you did try and pick up , I think you realized that er you had n't done your ref er your referrals properly at the beginning and you actually came back to it erm at the end erm trying to pick up on where you left off and erm Martin was very non-committal at that point .
17 You do try and use them through that , and try and make them more confident in themselves , they 're you know people do accept this a lot more today , than they used to , erm and you know they need n't feel quite so self conscious .
18 al al although you you 're trying to make the same but you do try and change tack a bit
19 We did try and get in touch with him .
20 Well we did try and mend it several times , but he 's
21 And where possible , we do try and pass on any discounts that are available to you .
22 We do try and do things a little differently for them like giving them complementary fruit and maybe upgrading them to an executive room . ’
23 Er well Martin does have an elderly mother , she 's not financially dependent on us as such but we do try and keep a track of her finances and if she needs help we , we erm help her out .
24 Erm we do try and be nice to them we do try and give them presents occasionally like little , you may have seen some of them wearing little lions head badges which er are part of the arms of William that we had made .
25 Erm we do try and be nice to them we do try and give them presents occasionally like little , you may have seen some of them wearing little lions head badges which er are part of the arms of William that we had made .
26 And so we do try and give priority to , to ladies on their own .
27 They did try and imply that I went to the toilet for some sexual activity with the lead singer of Suede , which is a bit boring , and something that I 'd probably wish for more than think was nasty
28 Because what they did try and do is buy the catholic club did n't they ?
29 Happens , but they do try and go for bigger takings , I mean they 'll not break into my house it wo n't be worth all that worth .
30 Now if they do try and it failed .
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