Example sentences of "try [to-vb] on [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When that happened , the others , those whose canoes sank , tried to hold on to the canoes that were still afloat . |
| 2 | When she tried to hang on to the cash one man punched her in the face and they both escaped . |
| 3 | When she 'd returned to the office I tried to get on with the writing but could n't concentrate . |
| 4 | She 'd tried to hold on to the anger she 'd felt earlier , but it had slipped away from her , dissolving with the wine . |
| 5 | So we sort of like trying to hang on for the time being about the door . |
| 6 | Soon she was joined by a peasant woman dressed in black who told her that she was trying to get on to the hospital in Toulon for news of her son . |
| 7 | We staged with the Sultan of Oman and Muscat , and Salalah , and I can recall one evening a hit of a commotion , when one of the Wapiti crews of No 55 Squadron caused an uproar by trying to get on to the roof . |
| 8 | Speedie was just trying to get on with the game . |