Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [indef pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Designing experiments to check these possibilities is n't easy , and it took us several years , through the early 1970s , to try to eliminate one after the other . |
| 2 | And we tried to do something about the problem of alcoholism and prostitution in the area by getting the bars and brothels registered with the local government . |
| 3 | She leaned on the fence , wrapped her coat more closely round her body and tried to assimilate something of the tranquillity of the night , but all she could think of was the hurt in Barney 's eyes and the stiffness of his voice . |
| 4 | The probationers told him to remember that every minute he was getting a little better , and Ward Sister told him not to make any effort , and not to try to take anything by the mouth . |
| 5 | At one extreme , it is possible to try to commit everything on the tape to paper . |
| 6 | I tell you what we 'll do , we 'll try to find someone on the way who knows the counter-spell and send him back to wake the Gnomes up . ’ |
| 7 | And so , although she had hated having to do it , Laura had forced herself to write a long letter to Ross , saying how very much she loved and missed him — and could n't they still try to salvage something from the wreck of their marriage ? |
| 8 | ‘ I do try to understand everyone in the group but I feel like I 'm holding people up , ’ said one group member . |
| 9 | I often don't. erm and in some ways coming on a programme like this , or finding other ways to make your views be heard is erm I think very important in a way which me and my colleagues try to do something about the anger that we 're feeling . |
| 10 | Though , just for the record , I would n't have tried to do anything of the sort if it were n't patently clear that you do n't feel anything lasting for your fiancé . ’ |
| 11 | In this chapter we have tried to convey something of the complexity of the events which are associated with the INSET developments originally conceived as an essential part of the ESSE/L Project aims , and also something of the achievements to which these events have led . |
| 12 | We have tried to convey something of the complexity and texture of the environment within which the project was conceived and developed , and through detailed case studies of three schools to illustrate the project in action . |
| 13 | ‘ You could n't possibly have realised how big a task you 'd set yourself , trying to find someone in the whole of London . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ We are still trying to organise something with the zoo but I have seen Emma and she is lovely . |
| 15 | ‘ Trying to fit everything into the calendar without having any major clashes is the biggest problem I face each year . ’ |
| 16 | Because — oh , because I 'm trying to help someone outside the family . |
| 17 | As Labour 's spokesman on Northern Ireland , one might enquire whether he would not be better employed trying to do something about the vermin planting bombs in the Six Counties rather than those worrying sheep in the Home Counties . |
| 18 | It was no use trying to resolve anything over the phone , though . |
| 19 | she 's been trying to get something for the mother of the bride . |
| 20 | Like I 've been trying to tell everyone from the beginning . ’ |
| 21 | So because we 're doing something from our normal end of the spectrum as it were right through to trying to involve everybody in the city , erm we 're hoping to get the issue across to a lot more people , and also raise money while we 're doing it . |
| 22 | Phoenix-like , it is reportedly trying to become something in the nature of a superconsortium leveraging its test suite expertise into an organisation that ports and develops test suites for the likes of Hewlett-Packard Co , DEC and the IBM/Apple Computer Inc PowerPC crowd , and probably does the branding and handles ISV recruitment . |