Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [adv prt] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Laura found herself repeatedly hurt by accusations in the press that they had become ‘ tax exiles ’ and tried to point out how the decision to live abroad had , on the contrary , been forced on them by their peripatetic lifestyle on the one hand and fear of punitive estate duty rates on the other . |
2 | From his local library he got photocopies of the maps of his district for 1811 , 1843 and 1871 ; he 'd sit there and try to work out how the changes in the maps related to the view at night ; where the darkness of rookeries , courts and tenements had been replaced with the darkness of lampless parks and public gardens . |
3 | As McHale said , they must try to climb back up the table but an end-of-season clear out could be a good idea . |
4 | Surely Baldwin , whatever his desire earlier in the imbroglio , can not at this stage have wished to go back to the Cabinet on the following morning and announce that a wayward King , who had already compromised his position with most opinion both at home and in the Dominions , had suddenly changed his mind , at least temporarily , and , having attracted the maximum publicity to his preference for Mrs Simpson over the Throne , was now prepared to ditch her and try to pick up again the pieces of kingship . |
5 | They had tried to find out how the accident had happened . |
6 | So she 's trying to find out well the ones these are all one that Kerry suggested . |
7 | In the meantime , I understand you have been trying to find out how the Carmel Woods inquiry went . |
8 | In a few hurried situations I forgot to switch on , and missed the picture opportunity while trying to figure out why the camera was n't working . |