Example sentences of "try [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We try to pretend that sex is n't so important , that we are just like everyone else , just as we sought to distance ourselves from books like The Milkman 's On His Way during the Section 28 debates . |
| 2 | Bishops were unlikely to help them , for " Whatever the cost , even if it means the destruction of the church , [ bishops ] try to preserve that power and significance which prelates possessed in the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries " . |
| 3 | But try selling that argument to the counties who took on Mike Procter , Malcolm Marshall , Courtney Walsh , Waqar Younis , Allan Donald and a host of others who arrived as untried prospects . |
| 4 | How dare you do thing like that , you know , you 're sort of , you , you just ca n't , you 're almost beside yourself , as you 're trying to use up all that adrenaline , all that energy that 's poured into your body as you try to help that child across the road , knowing in actual fact you ca n't . |
| 5 | The they 're never sort of given feeble excuses , we are erm very truthful with them , i in order to make them understand that , you know , there are limitations erm within our jobs as well , cos a lot of people expect things , and erm you may promise them , well other people may promise them , and it 's not delivered then of course it 's sort of them and us , and we , we try to dispel that idea , it 's not them |
| 6 | If we try to put that description more concretely , we might describe essay- writing as involving a standardised , written variety of language which seeks to communicate clearly while following academic conventions . |
| 7 | Try to understand that Pop should be up in the air , supernatural , alive to all angles and shades of emotion , plastic and twice-cooked . |
| 8 | Just try saying that sentence out loud and see how pompous and unnatural it sounds . |
| 9 | Probably a waste of time but try to get that photograph anyway . ’ |
| 10 | try to get that lad who was up at with a machine . |
| 11 | Try putting that door open |
| 12 | People try to beat that misery with barbiturates , but nothing can cure it because you 've taken away from yourself all chance of feeling pleasure . |
| 13 | In the gym the weights must be light and movements explosive ; for example you could see how many repetitions you can perform in 10 seconds and then try to beat that amount . |
| 14 | We are planning to resume work on the bridge early in the New Year and try to bring that job to completion before becoming heavily involved in vehicle restoration . |
| 15 | And we try to show that retirement can be a rewarding and fulfilling I find it so anyway so I can sell things in that er sense having an experience rather a young person talking to older people how er fulfilling it wis is in retirement . |
| 16 | I 've worked with children in various settings , mainly in secondary school , and in recent years I 've worked with students , so when I try to make that sort of categorization I find it very difficult . |
| 17 | If you try to make that drag petrol tanker about , if you 've got a suitable gearbox |