Example sentences of "try [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This bad timing is typical for Deirdre , who once tried to kill a faithless lover with an ashtray , but succeeded only in setting the hotel room on fire . |
| 2 | THE UVF have admitted they tried to kill a Protestant man in east Belfast last night . |
| 3 | If you were to try to see a top specimen of every breed at Crufts you would have to attend on all four days and walk a good couple of miles ! |
| 4 | The geographer Vaughan Cornish tried to establish a scientific basis for the study of scenic heritage . |
| 5 | Despite the provision for votes ( weighted broadly according to members ' population size ) the Council usually tried to establish a unanimous position among the member states . |
| 6 | After he became a Communist , Neruda consciously tried to write a different kind of poetry incorporating a political message and which would be comprehensible to working people , the most famous and successful example of which is his Canto General . |
| 7 | Finally , in the latter months of 1945 , as Britain tried to obtain a massive loan from the USA to remain financially solvent , a conference was arranged for January 1946 in Bermuda . |
| 8 | The Hellenistic kings tried to provide a visual legitimisation of their position by choosing portraits which were closely derived from those of Alexander the Great . |
| 9 | Ferguson tried to provide a balanced conclusion by viewing the situation from the Russian perspective : |
| 10 | A number of experiments have been set up to try to establish a satisfactory method of appraisal . |
| 11 | The restaurant changed , as did the maître d' , but he still watched like a hawk and swooped with a pained query if you did n't savour every mouthful or tried to hide a tough end of meat under your lettuce . |
| 12 | It is as stupid for a government to try to whip and cajole an entrenched profession into changing as it is to try to pull a fed-up donkey along the road by its ears . |
| 13 | This agreement between the governments in London and Dublin was an attempt to promote co-operation between them and to try to find a joint approach to at least some of the problems of Northern Ireland . |
| 14 | We think it 's time to try to create a new showcase for young galleries . ’ |
| 15 | tried to inaugurate a new concept of citizenship which would link men of different social classes , The concept was based upon the notion that there was a good common to members of all classes , a goal the existence of which could be established from German Idealist metaphysics and which could be made visible in actual measures of educational reform and social welfare . |
| 16 | Working the paint thickly with a knife I tried to create a jarring effect with colour and texture conveying the power and pain of the experience . |
| 17 | The evidence comes from a number of sources , for instance , the ex-head of reactor designer research at Harwell , Mr Denis Dorson , he on a number of occasions tried to institute a great number of changes into the reactors to make them safer . |
| 18 | Rory tried to sneak a surreptitious glance at Adam 's wristwatch — she was n't wearing her own since it would have looked totally out of place with the slinky black number she was wearing — only to have her eyes riveted on his hands . |
| 19 | PC Peter Betts was on a training run when he crashed into a hedge as he tried to avoid a head-on collision with a lorry . |
| 20 | Clearly if we tried to apply a legal definition of ownership the asset belongs to Fred , however , unless the business is set up as a company in most countries the law does not recognize the separation of the business assets from those of the owner . |
| 21 | We have to try to imagine a complex future in which different groups of the elderly will have different experiences from those of the present and from one another . |
| 22 | She tried to smile a real smile at her father , who had run down the town to be here for the big moment . |
| 23 | Ronni folded her arms across her chest and tried to fix a disapproving scowl to her face . |
| 24 | While the English fleet lay off Lisbon Moulton was sent ashore to try to negotiate a diplomatic settlement with the king . |
| 25 | But one tried to put a good face on it and keep them to oneself . |
| 26 | As Treasury officials tried to put a brave face on the German cut , the pound struggled again . |
| 27 | The Government tried to put a brave face on the mess . |
| 28 | I also tried to incorporate a strong element of freedom so that a long term eating habit could be created . |
| 29 | Without the right to asylum , Germany thus becomes much like the other members of the European Community , whose ministers met on June 1st to try to devise a common system for dealing with refugees . |
| 30 | We only want to try to run a straight line through a cloud of data points if the relationship looks linear . |