Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [art] same [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firstly , as you perceive your old fears welling up within you , as you try to tackle the same old problem and are paralysed by the thought of failure , look at the screen of your mind . |
| 2 | But if we try to use the same two adjectives with the same two nouns in a predicative construction we shall find that the result is ungrammatical : ( 49 ) that rival was possible those two sailors are occasional As in other instances , it is not enough merely to record that possible , occasional and certain other adjectives are ungrammatical in predicative position when constructed with certain nouns . |
| 3 | There are detectives and DCIs and Chief Supers and Commanders every fucking where ; more tecs and CID guys and Anti-Terrorism Squad chaps and regional guys than you can shake a nightstick at , all asking questions , all asking the same fucking questions and me trying to give the same fucking answers ; seeing DI McDunn , sucking saliva through his teeth and letting me share.his B&Hs , is like meeting an old pal even though he 's got all his questions too . |
| 4 | AT the store on the corner , three drunken men are trying to eat the same hot dog . |
| 5 | AT the store on the corner , three drunken men are trying to eat the same hot dog . |
| 6 | AT the store on the corner , three drunken men are trying to eat the same hot dog . |
| 7 | The existence of a spatial intersection may indicate simply that two objects are trying to occupy the same physical space . |