Example sentences of "try [coord] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.

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1 I do not think either that we can make sense of the Devil in the language of contemporary philosophy or science ; on the other hand neither do I believe that we should try and invent a modern mythology that makes the Devil more credible and accessible .
2 And quite a lot of the adults will try and treat a black eye .
3 We can continue and try and finish the business before we have tea or we can decided to have tea .
4 Come along , then ; let's try and change the dratted suit . ’
5 ‘ Do n't try and change the subject !
6 do n't let's , do n't let's try and assume the , all we 're , all we 're trying to do is to gather together the bit that we can put into the pot , and to present it in a logical fashion , to say , if this , then we belief that , and if that , then we believe the other ,
7 I do n't think it 's necessary to portray and try and show the poverty and primitiveness , my emphasis was on the close-knit family units and the craft of these people . ’
8 They 'll try and knock the old cars off the road wo n't they ?
9 So in practice it 's easier to measure the alkalinity and then back-calculate to get that and hence the P H than to actually try and measure the P H directly from sea water .
10 You need n't try and stop the delivery their end .
11 So if the semantics/pragmatics distinction is to do any work at all , we can try and shift the study of indexicals into semantics .
12 You know sometimes the way forward is backward , there are no short cuts with god , if he 's leading along a certain path and were disobedient , there 's no way we can opt out of it and join the trail further along , he does n't allow it , its back to where we left it , that 's were we 've got ta get back to , we ca n't skip an experience , we ca n't miss any thing out , we 've got to go back to where we start , where we were when we left the trail and Naomi has to do just that to go back to Bethlehem , that 's the way forward for her , and you see because we all , we always find this if we are really children of god , then we can never ever be satisfied away from the will of god , there 's nothing else that meets our need , its god will or nothing , you know , when we know frustration in our lives , when we know sort of the , these annoyances and , and , and , and er sense of frustration there , its not because god is leaving us that way its invariably cos we have actually gone out of gods will because he 's will is not frustrated , its satisfying , can I just , it will only really be headings this morning , just leave us with three brief headings in this little incident that we 'll read or we , we wo n't read the whole passage but its , er in the remainder of the , or more or less the whole of the remainder of the first chapter tha that the cost was involved and then the choices that were made and then the commitment , the cost that was involved Naomi had to pay something , you see before she could return to Naomi she had to con , before Naomi sorry could return er to , to Bethlehem , she had to acknowledge she 'd done wrong , she had failed , she had sinned , she had to acknowledge she had made a mistake now in fairness to Naomi she did it and she excepted her responsibility , she did n't try and shift the blame on
13 The way horses pass messages between themselves will be the way that they will try and impart a message to us .
14 It would be very it would be very considerate if you did try and answer a little bit briefer alright ?
15 I think Chair , a far better idea might be that it , when we get particular applications from a given district , that the officers actually ascertain er , a bit of erm , information from that particular district in order to present to the Committee , to take into account when they 're doing things , I think that would be a far better way because if we have politicians elected in that particular area , they 'd certainly probably come and , and try and hold the sway for that particular item , and there may be justifiable grounds on a countywide basis not to concede it .
16 I think you 've got ta try and strike a balance have n't you ?
17 Us real fans should try and devise a way of flushing them out : - ) .
18 Okay , let's let's try and clarify a few points as we go along .
19 Let's let's try and clarify a few of these points .
20 She just pleaded with me to let her stay with me till the baby was born and then she would try and gather the courage to tell her family . ’
21 we could hopefully try and make a decision
22 She heard the man in the mask sliding down slowly and knew she should try and make a run for it but her ankle was already swelling inside her Reebok .
23 there does n't seem to be any sense to it really but you can try and make a bit of sense out of some of it not all of it but some of it you can make a bit of sense out of it yes .
24 ‘ We 're really very busy at the moment , but give me a ring tomorrow in my office and we 'll try and make a date ’ he said feebly , hoping his lack of enthusiasm might act as a deterrent .
25 They 're frightened like , in years to come , like , they 're gon na try and make a claim against them 'cos their er , been on the chest , is summat like that .
26 Mum can I try and make a different .
27 Well I , I think to t we could try and make an assessment of the case load , special needs post sixteen case load in ter and we 'd have to do it in terms of the work we actually do .
28 what I wanted to do is say is what about the publicity can we try and make the very best of this
29 Right , well we 'll get it all sorted for then and we 'll try and arrange a programme whereby we tie it up with Loretta or whoever that erm mom and I and Beth coming up to you and perhaps we can go out for lunch , yeah ?
30 Let Moscow Centre try and organize a burglary and see what happened .
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