Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [prep] [det] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Josie tried to reach for some killer of an argument , a real zinger that she could pull out of the air and use to disarm all opposition . |
| 2 | The purpose of our work has been to try to look at all aspects of sign language which might help those who make choices . |
| 3 | His mind was racing now , beads of sweat standing out on his forehead , as he desperately tried to think of some way of alerting the pump attendant to his predicament without endangering them both . |
| 4 | ‘ I shall try to think of some way of showing how grateful I am for your bravery . |
| 5 | I try to get through this stage of painting with only a few sticks of colour . |
| 6 | I try to get through this stage of painting with only a few sticks of colour . |
| 7 | I noted what my right hon. Friend the Member for Aylesbury ( Sir T. Raison ) said and it is interesting that , in reply , the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent , Central ( Mr. Fisher ) has tried to sit on both sides of the fence on the difficult question of acquisitions and disposals . |
| 8 | When he runs , you can see , you can feel , how hard he has tried to get to this position of being the fastest sprinter in Europe . |
| 9 | Anyway , she wanted to , me to go and see her , she said there we there was a scanner appeal , and she was also trying to talk about all sorts of other things that were possible and because there was an arts appeal and for arts facilities at the hospital , and all sorts of things . |
| 10 | The Orwell Counselling Group offers a wide range of therapeutic skills and personal therapy in East Suffolk for people trying to deal with all kinds of problems . |
| 11 | the number of people that are trying to get towards this sort of diet that I 'm on . |
| 12 | How odd , Alec thought , I 've been thinking about her all the time since I came here , trying to think of some way of seeing her again . |
| 13 | She wound down the window , trying to think of some way of putting things right . |
| 14 | I delayed switching the computer off while I racked my brain trying to think of some way of saving them , but there was none . |
| 15 | We have both been trying to return to some semblance of normality . |
| 16 | I stared at Gav from my bed , blinking and trying to take in this torrent of exponentially catastrophic information . |
| 17 | Mystified , Delaney , still trying to take in more details of the map , followed . |