Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [prep] [num] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 A number of deaf men attempted to enlist for the Army , but many were rejected on grounds of deafness , including four who tried to enlist in one day at an enlisting station in Wales .
2 Then try to think of one thing at a time as you write .
3 Er ours is a slightly more difficult task , I would suggest a much more difficult task , in that we 're trying to go for one certificate for the whole of the group .
4 I watched a girl in front of me trying to hop from one patch to another so as to avoid ducking the two strips of leather somebody had sold her as shoes .
5 Any fan trying to get from one end to the other would have to pass through this area and would be immediately arrested .
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