Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [pron] in [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | My legacy to my children would be not to try to influence them in any way as to what they should study . |
3 | Was there an intention to try to blackmail her in some way as well as Derek ? |
4 | Since h(n) is not known during the search we can try to estimate it in some way . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | What are your priorities when you try to assess someone in that period of time . |
9 | Lowell had tried to form her in that woman 's image . |
10 | ‘ 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | ‘ What were you trying to teach me in this Lord ? ’ |
13 | Perhaps there were good reasons for trying to outwit him in this way ? |