Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] try to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't promise to answer them individually , though I do try to if the knitter concerned seems in need of an urgent answer . |
| 2 | In relation to your second question about criteria , er , I do say something about that , I do try to erm , tease that out to some extent , but it is of course , a difficult one . |
| 3 | I could see she was an unfit woman , and although I was resolved not to tell anyone now of my qualifications , except that I had been an ARP worker , I did try to be as helpful to her as I could . |
| 4 | ‘ I did try to be a little of what he wanted , you know , at the beginning . ’ |
| 5 | we did , we did try to pu well , as I say , with the trouble we had upstairs , we just thought it just was n't worth our while to sort of mess |
| 6 | ‘ We do try to be fair to everybody , ’ said a Milk Marketing Board spokesman . |
| 7 | But you said , when we do a move , we do try to , you know , where we can |
| 8 | We have no automatic right to Group work but we do try to be the preferred contractor . |
| 9 | Well there 's an element of subjectiveness , inevitably , in an assessment , I think , but of course we are aware of this problem and we do try to be a objective as we possibly can . |
| 10 | Though perhaps in his blustery way he did try to be friends with them . |
| 11 | He does try to . |