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 . |