Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [adv prt] what the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Endill tried to find out what the plan was but Mr Crangle refused to say . |
| 2 | For instance , if the interviewer is carrying out an interview with an old inhabitant of a village to try to find out what the community life was like 50 years ago he will probably have a set of categories for enquiry . |
| 3 | The adult is trying to find out what the child knows or understands , and the child 's responses are interpreted accordingly . |
| 4 | So shall we start trying to work out what the preferences |
| 5 | No that was some drops of acid that you could see We 're trying to work out what the properties of this gas if you 're not listening you wo n't be able to do number four . |
| 6 | Other aspects of distortion need to be taken into account before finally trying to sort out what the information indicates . |
| 7 | Connelly blinked myopically , trying to clear his gaze , trying to figure out what the hell was going on . |
| 8 | ‘ I remember we struggled on one solo on ‘ Cuts Like A Knife ’ and we actually spent days and days trying to think up what the solo was going to be . |
| 9 | Grant was still trying to puzzle out what the man had shouted , when there was a sudden blur of movement at the far end of the corridor and the black clad oriental leapt out to face him . |
| 10 | This is a hugely complex hill that 's seen many a Munroist stand vacantly at Dalwhinnie trying to puzzle out what the hell is going on up there . |