Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [adv prt] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Terry and I tried to cut back on the silly stories by not doing anything at all , but then they attacked the fact that we were n't doing anything , ’ she said . |
| 2 | So the more frozen in horror a human being is , the more likely the cat is to leap up and try to settle down on the static lap . |
| 3 | Try to get off on the right foot ? ’ |
| 4 | Twelve other works by Matisse were offered — all trying to cash in on the much-hyped exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art — but only ‘ La plage rouge ’ , an estate picture at Sotheby 's soared , selling to a European collector at $1.25 million . |
| 5 | A similar exercise which will only work with a low handicap golfer is one of trying to stay back on the right side a little longer , and to be slightly flat-footed with the right foot through impact . |
| 6 | There may also be some junior males trying to muscle in on the dominant male 's kingdom . |
| 7 | I said for heaven sake girls , not only trying to cut down on the expensive just because obviously trying to start up on their own . |