Example sentences of "[noun pl] try and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Education in schools , colleges and youth projects to try and prevent young people from sniffing may help to reduce casualties . |
| 2 | However , the limitations of the stick forced governments to try and win voluntary cooperation through concessions and " social contracts " . |
| 3 | And we 've been campaigning for years to try and get these laws changed , no-one seems to have been listening very much and that 's why we 've adopted this more upfront direct challenge to the law . |
| 4 | Too many British rap tracks try and copy American stuff , but our sound has evolved through time and we keep branching into different styles . ’ |
| 5 | Two hours later we were ready to start fishing so we baited the cat rods with squid and cast these out at varying distances to try and locate any patrol routes that were being used . |
| 6 | His working methods were very different from those of Graham Rowell and she found she was constantly on her toes to try and keep one step ahead of him in anticipating what he would want next . |
| 7 | Most people are amazed to get an answer from the band at all , so it is good business and public relations to try and answer these enquiries . |
| 8 | You see , so these people were going to move in at the weekend so had to put a stop to that cos they had no authority to move in there until the solicitors try and get this thing sorted out . |
| 9 | The United States , and some other Western governments , went to considerable lengths to try and discredit these elections as being not free , but fraudulent . |
| 10 | It is natural for young men to try and kill each other . |
| 11 | In fact , together with several colleagues , I was endeavouring to set up an informal meeting with ministers to try and discuss this matter er when the haemophiliac 's representative decided to go to law for their own good reasons , because that made it more difficult for any negotiations to take place . |