Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [pron] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says a man tried to abduct her in similar circumstances around the time of the murder . |
| 2 | I tried to help them in other ways , too . |
| 3 | Sometimes at least they seem to have reported to Stockholm independently of the chief under whom they served ; and in the later years of the eighteenth century Gustavus III sometimes tried to use them in this way as agents of a secret personal diplomacy . |
| 4 | Cambridge liked undergraduates reading theology to have two years over the work and believed that if they tried to do it in fourteen months they would do it superficially , or else they would be sure to hurt themselves by overwork . |
| 5 | My legacy to my children would be not to try to influence them in any way as to what they should study . |
| 6 | Voluntary organisations took mainly ‘ first offenders ’ and tried to place them in domestic service . |
| 7 | Was there an intention to try to blackmail her in some way as well as Derek ? |
| 8 | Since h(n) is not known during the search we can try to estimate it in some way . |
| 9 | Something of that strange that strangeness and that irony lies behind the famous claim ‘ I will try to express myself in some mode of life for art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can , using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use — silence , exile and cunning . |
| 10 | She must try to pack everything in one box , for she will not need many clothes for twelve days ; and she will probably have to bring a hat-box , though indeed the latter will be a little inconvenient . |
| 11 | The grubs and beetles try to hide themselves in secret places where none shall see them , but nevertheless there are many which are swallowed whole in one swift plunge and gobble . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Try to meet them in non-political situations and when you do not want anything from them . |
| 14 | ‘ I try to put myself in other people 's shoes . |
| 15 | It is quite reasonable for someone to draw on specific groups and try to understand particular pieces of action , to use a wider theoretical framework in which to place these actions and try to understand them in this way . |
| 16 | " Dull for the telephone men , I 'm afraid , " I said , " but try to keep them in good heart . |
| 17 | What are your priorities when you try to assess someone in that period of time . |
| 18 | ‘ The big players have found it easy to settle in , ’ he claims , ‘ and I try to involve everyone in key decisions — like whether to bat first if we win the toss . ’ |
| 19 | Lowell had tried to form her in that woman 's image . |
| 20 | It has several aspects , including : ( a ) the range of options offered to the teacher is crucial in fitting the program to his style and enabling him to contribute effectively , but too many will be confusing ( b ) the designer may see a whole range of possible extensions to the teaching possibilities of the program : the lengthy development process of all good teaching units makes such extensions attractive but trying to include them in one program will tend to make it difficult to ‘ see through ’ and to use ( c ) the desire for compatibility with different hardware configurations often inspires programming constraints that can be severe ; conversely , programs that fully exploit the facilities of a particular microcomputer are likely to be difficult to transfer . |
| 21 | Fucking useless nowadays trying to find anything in these books . |
| 22 | This whole issue about er children , junior church , other activities , children being compromised , adults finding it difficult to insist or persuade their children , that they should be in junior church , when other folks are trying to tempt them in other directions . |
| 23 | ‘ But the thrust of our approach is to start at home , focusing on one thing at a time rather than confusing ourselves by trying to do everything at once — which is a major reason why 85 per cent of organisations trying to do something in this area fail to get it right . |
| 24 | There is no biographical key with which it can be unlocked — and I have not been trying to turn one in this essay of mine , which does not believe it , for that matter , to be locked . |
| 25 | ‘ What were you trying to teach me in this Lord ? ’ |
| 26 | I do n't yet know what their comments will be and I ‘ m not trying to influence them in one direction or another . |
| 27 | Perhaps there were good reasons for trying to outwit him in this way ? |