Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vendor 's and the purchaser 's accountants were then to review the sales figure and try to agree it with each other : and , if they disagreed , which they did , a third accountant was to determine the figure . |
| 2 | And if they somehow suspected that I was picking up something valuable , why would any of them try to kill me before the pick-up ? |
| 3 | Since Leopold ruled a small State and had neither fears nor ambitions so far as territorial changes were concerned ( he wished to establish the perpetual neutrality of the Grand Duchy as a tradition of European diplomacy , to give it more or less the status which Switzerland was to enjoy in the following century ) he was able to accept radical ideas and even try to realize them in practice in a way quite impossible to Frederick II or Catherine II . |
| 4 | Most philosophical systems of ethics , and most popular moralizing , are radically flawed because they recommend morality to us either as what it is in our own best ultimate interests to do , or alternatively try to promote it by appeal to our feelings , for example feelings of compassion , or ( like Hutcheson ) by reference to some kind of moral sentiment which just happens to be part of human nature . |
| 5 | I try to see her as Claudia . |
| 6 | If there is a problem try to see it from the child 's point of view . |
| 7 | Personally I 'd invite him to t ’ gaffer 's office , talk to ‘ im , try to see it from ‘ is point o ’ view , listen to ‘ is side , then if I still could n't bring ‘ im round , give ‘ im smack in t ’ mouth . ’ |
| 8 | For instance , young and untrained sheepdogs will often spontaneously run round to the other side of a flock of sheep and try to drive them towards the shepherd . |
| 9 | One dog may then try to get between the herd and the straggler , and try to drive it towards the rest of the pack . |
| 10 | We 're extremely interested in the women we try to treat them as individuals we cope with a lot of problems and I think if we look as women as individuals , each individual woman has a different problem . |
| 11 | I try to treat them like anyone else . |
| 12 | I want to be taken seriously , which makes it galling that when I 've got a brain , certain types of men try to treat me like some empty-headed bimbo who … ’ |
| 13 | Suddenly he 'd arch his back like a twig in a furnace , scraping his stockinged feet for purchase , then take his head in both hands and try to smash it on the floor , only prevented by the cushions . |
| 14 | We shall just introduce them now , but try to bear them in mind as you read on . |
| 15 | I try to thump him with my left , though my hand is a ball of pain . |
| 16 | A dozen books took up the space of three dozen nomes , and while Grimma privately thought that some of the books were more useful than many of the nomes , she 'd accepted Dorcas 's promise that they would come back , one day , and try to retrieve them from their hiding place under the floor . |
| 17 | I try to encourage them by saying it is my material they are using , which sometimes makes the person more nervous ! |
| 18 | Because we try to relate it to the real world . |
| 19 | You will probably find that much of what they offer is excellent , but that something is missing ; certain aspects of movement are neglected — it is thought necessary to know about them or try to communicate them through teaching . |
| 20 | He does n't seem to be embarrassed by anything , except when you try to provoke him by telling him that surely he must thump his desk once in a while , or that although he says that a record company exists ‘ to guide your artists ’ most of them must hate him at some point . |
| 21 | Now I feel so embarrassed and wish I did n't have breasts at all , or I try to hide them with baggy T-shirts . |
| 22 | They try to hide it in a wardrobe , but it will not fit . |
| 23 | It will toss it into the air with its front paws , then try to catch it in its mouth as it comes down . |
| 24 | But try to implicate me in any way — or use me as a trade-off- and it 'll be added to the police clear-up rate faster than the eye can follow . |
| 25 | Try to meet them in non-political situations and when you do not want anything from them . |
| 26 | Similarly , if I treat someone 's urgent need of money solely as an opportunity to buy cheap from him , you may well doubt whether I am aware of more than the fact that he is in trouble , and try to rouse me from my callousness : ‘ How would you feel if I did that to you ? ’ |
| 27 | Below : When shooting cichlids they show their colours best when not stressed so try to shoot them at home in their shelters . |
| 28 | Adam set the twelve sherry glasses that were cut in a greek key pattern round their rims in the middle of the moonlight and said he would put them in a box tomorrow and try to sell them in Sudbury to the man who had the antique shop in Gainsborough Street that they had passed . |
| 29 | ‘ It is only if you pretend and try to sweep it under the carpet that you get a bigoted response , ’ Mr Purton added after the vote . |
| 30 | What is important is to explore these possibilities with the students and to use the example to illustrate the difficulty of the latter method if we try to apply it at the end of 1989 when the costs to completion are uncertain . |