Example sentences of "try [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did try to kill the piglet , but as they were quite frightened and obviously not from the right background , they were not very practical about it . |
| 2 | WHEN military dictators fall , the democrats who follow them must try to restore the rule of law , as well as rule by the majority . |
| 3 | That day , she said how much she hoped George would try to enjoy the excitement of the office . |
| 4 | But — in Montini 's case there was always a but — he still felt he should try to enable the minority to vote placet on collegiality . |
| 5 | While the banks may then try to sue the council or even individual officers the risk is very widely spread and no financial institution will be put in danger . |
| 6 | One must try to see the good in her — but I must say , it 's a hard job ! ’ |
| 7 | It was ‘ more than likely ’ that the Khmers Rouges would try to disrupt the voting that begins on May 23rd , perhaps by mining the approaches to polling stations , or even by shelling the stations . |
| 8 | The historian must therefore try to estimate the population of these two shires , the proportion of the population under fourteen and , hardest of all , the extent to which the tax was successfully evaded . |
| 9 | It is unclear whether FRISC Inc sold anything or even attempted to , or whether Micron will try to peddle the technology to someone else . |
| 10 | And because of its anxiety , the stallion will try to mount the mare too soon , or from too far away , and may try and attack her or the handler when things go wrong . |
| 11 | A painful mouth will never be a responsive one and it is hardly surprising that the horse will try to evade the bit . |
| 12 | We must try to acquire the habit of complimenting and encouraging others . |
| 13 | Why try to rekindle the past ? |
| 14 | This is not to argue that professionals should try to replicate the process of supporting self-advocacy , but it is to suggest that the aims , mode of operation and the nature of the professional/client working relationship should , at the very least , not be in conflict with the emergence of self-advocacy . |
| 15 | It has had considerable benefits , it 's had one or two drawbacks and er I think the biggest lesson that we have probably learned so far from the Eurofighter programme , is that we have to be very careful when we make work sharing agreements in future , that er we do n't try to drive the work sharing requirement down to too low a level . |
| 16 | A typical procedure is that each party appoints a valuer ; the two party-appointed valuers should meet and try to agree the valuation , and , if they are unable to agree , the matter is referred to an umpire appointed by the valuers . |
| 17 | Should he try to heal the breach between Andrew Neil and Lamont ? |
| 18 | Mr Clinton will try to fudge the tax issue , arguing that most of the money will come from a wage-based premium , which will go straight to local health alliances rather than to the Treasury , and that much of the rest will come from ‘ sin taxes ’ — on alcohol and tobacco — which appeal to America 's Puritan conscience . |
| 19 | For example , he may strike a match perfectly well but in attempting to light a candle he may try to light the wick with the match unlit or strike the match against the candle . |
| 20 | We know only a little about how , in this more secular society , we should try to minimize the damage for people going through the grieving process . |
| 21 | She will try to accept the fact , as she takes her mother 's ‘ elevenses ’ in to her , that any attempt she may make to start a discussion of something that might not be of immediate interest to her mother may be turned off suddenly like a switch , and will plunge her temporarily into an emotional darkness in which she will feel very much alone . |
| 22 | But nor do I think that you should somehow try to cosset the position of the leader of the party . |
| 23 | He would try to detonate the hatch bolts when he was about a hundred metres above the river . |
| 24 | I decided I must try to find the man who had been watching us . |
| 25 | She would try to find the Robe of Human Hands , which sounded rather horrid , but which would surely release Nuadu and the others . |
| 26 | Superintendent Roger Arnold said : ‘ We 'll try to find the owner but if we ca n't the boys could end up keeping their catch . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ If you did , you 'd never try to pull the wool … ’ he reached up and tugged down her hat further over her forehead ‘ … over my eyes , ’ he breathed . |
| 28 | I hope that the hon. Gentleman did not try to pull the wool over the association 's eyes , as he usually does . |
| 29 | You bastards would try to bug the suitcase . |
| 30 | But rather than focussing on ending the bad relationship I would try to encourage the child to develop other friendships . ’ |