Example sentences of "[noun sg] try [to-vb] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And her mind tried to blank out the rest of it . |
| 2 | Just as he had had the nerve to try to pick up the casting director at his first audition , so he had the taste and — in sociological terms — the cheek to seek out the stylish and lovely Nina Bawden , later the novelist . |
| 3 | Bachelard tries to think through the problem of how epistemological obstacles operated both before and after scientificity . |
| 4 | A hedgehog tries to climb up the net and when it hears you approach it promptly rolls up into a ball . |
| 5 | pressures that this Committee faces and the need to try to balance out the sufficience of needs across a wide range of interest groups and a wide range of , of er pupils and schools means that your decisions are never easy . |
| 6 | There would have been no time for another member of the crew to try to take over the controls . |
| 7 | Sir Colin flies back to England later this week to try to sort out the storm over the Pakistanis . |
| 8 | The society tried to take over the Dunblane to Callendar line , then the Longniddry to Haddington branch and , finally , the Alloa and Dollar line . |
| 9 | Normally , clients will want to support strong seasonal sales , but if , as sometimes happens , market seasonality has been created by promotional activity , it may make sense to try to even out the cycle by advertising in the low season . |
| 10 | Nicholas Kenyon 's appointment as Controller of Radio 3 , in succession to John Drummond , means that the BBC has picked an unlikely man to try to turn around the fortunes of its embattled network . |
| 11 | VIOLENT aftermath of a failed diamond robbery as the gang tries to track down the turncoat . |
| 12 | Sarah Kent 's introduction tries to bring in the fall of Communism , which is probably pushing it a bit . |
| 13 | Carlson remembered the passage in the Book which talked about the Form Manipulator trying to break down the power of love . |
| 14 | In this volume we are in part trying to draw out the links that tie the assumptions involved in policy debates to some of the grim realities that affect local communities in contemporary city life . |
| 15 | A deconstructive reading tries to bring out the logic of the text 's language as opposed to the logic of its author 's claims . |
| 16 | Sure , there was a barman with a problem trying to bust down the door . |
| 17 | I could wake up tomorrow , and I 'd be back where I started , working in the tyre factory trying to save up the money to release a single . ’ |
| 18 | Bloomsbury House tried to dampen down the enthusiasm for Lyons — the uniforms were very expensive to provide — but many ended up working there . |
| 19 | She had agreed to this dinner to try to find out the truth , and she must n't allow the attraction she felt for him to cloud that . |
| 20 | The Environmental Forum tries to find out the results of tests on emissions from the plant . |
| 21 | He will come round the wicket to start probing the rib cage and looking for the catch as the batsman tries to fend off the ball . |
| 22 | ‘ People slipping on banana skins are n't funny , but people spending a lifetime trying to figure out the meaning of the banana are . |