Example sentences of "to try [to-vb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain has one of the largest black populations in the Western world , yet magazines seem to try to appeal only to the white mainstream . |
| 2 | The Courts ruled as to what was acceptable conduct , and the knights were expected to try to live up to these high standards , not only honouring their women but acting chastely towards them . |
| 3 | She 'd come out here to Malta at the man 's request , knowing his connection with her mother 's new craze for danger , to do a job , to try to live up to her reputation as a lively , capable , sophisticated fixer of publicity . |
| 4 | Perhaps he 's happy because he 's realised I 'm not going to try to hang on to him , she thought sadly . |
| 5 | Erm and we 're attempting to try to get over to people please please think before you get a pet . |
| 6 | ‘ I really ought to try to get up to the farm to fetch our Carrie down . ’ |
| 7 | Now this had happened he would have to try to get closer to her , make a fresh start … |
| 8 | Hastings began to try to get back to its pre-war holiday resort living . |
| 9 | It was a short-term solution to try to get back to winning things . |
| 10 | Are you still going to try to get back to England this summer ? |
| 11 | That was when she 'd first decided to try to make up to her father for what he 'd lost . |
| 12 | The Communist Party certainly thought , I mean the reason wh one of their justifications for preserving the rich peasant economy was that how that it 's thought the middle peasants would want to try to rise up to br |
| 13 | And we just reach out to you please to , to try to speak out to your friends . |
| 14 | There is a mass lobby of Parliament on December 1 , to try to bring home to those in power what is happening to the families who are forced to live in bed and breakfasts , and those who literally have nowhere to lay their heads . |