Example sentences of "try [to-vb] it [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to find it after the war . |
| 2 | He tried to flog it on the bus |
| 3 | As a diversion , which would allow time for the passing of the trembling , I reached into my pocket , pulled out the tin of rubbers , and tried to open it in the dark . |
| 4 | She rummaged in her handbag for the key on its wooden key ring and tried to fit it into the lock . |
| 5 | And I tried to fix it to the door and it would n't , I tried to do it up with Blu-Tack and would have none of it , I tried to do it with Sellotape and would n't do it the Sellotape kept on coming away something in the varnish I think that resisted that so then I thought , right I 'll I 'll tie the thing up in someway , I forget how , and blew away went down the drive ! |
| 6 | And then she tried to put it in the washing machine for a joke and the dog was gon na get in . |
| 7 | In the final minutes of the spacecraft 's descent , Soviet ground controllers tried to guide it towards the ocean but lacked the necessary fuel . |
| 8 | I hit violently at the door , I tried to force it with the nail , and managed to hurt my hand . |
| 9 | If you If you paid it The Co was up on the Tuesday , you had to have it paid Most people tried to pay it for the Thursday and that was the turn of the leaf , on the Thursday and if you paid that then you could go straight away that day and get your new quarter stuff , for the next quarter . |
| 10 | McFarlane , who in his more sober Methodist way felt much the same , tried to explain it at the hearings . |
| 11 | although they know that it costs twice as much to try to collect it as the amount that they actually collect . |
| 12 | Charles tried to make it down the stairs with his eyes closed to allay the pain . |
| 13 | When all is said and done , the attraction of earning a living playing a sport you enjoy is a strong one and it is not hard to understand why some players have to try to make it on the Tour . |
| 14 | Do I try to see it from the laibon 's point of view ? |
| 15 | They may try to nail it on the perch again but nobody will believe it is still alive . |
| 16 | One could try to approach it with the notion of spheres of competence . |
| 17 | I have studied various maps of the county and a number of documents without being able to pin-point the location of this manor , but will try to place it by the clues I have been able to deduce . |
| 18 | If there is a problem try to see it from the child 's point of view . |
| 19 | One dog may then try to get between the herd and the straggler , and try to drive it towards the rest of the pack . |
| 20 | Suddenly he 'd arch his back like a twig in a furnace , scraping his stockinged feet for purchase , then take his head in both hands and try to smash it on the floor , only prevented by the cushions . |
| 21 | ‘ It is only if you pretend and try to sweep it under the carpet that you get a bigoted response , ’ Mr Purton added after the vote . |
| 22 | What is important is to explore these possibilities with the students and to use the example to illustrate the difficulty of the latter method if we try to apply it at the end of 1989 when the costs to completion are uncertain . |
| 23 | We try to keep it under the surface but it 's definitely become much more of a problem . |
| 24 | Rosemary has devised a Five-Minute Beach Workout ( try to follow it in the shade so you do n't collapse in the heat ! ) so you can tone while you tan . |
| 25 | Thus the process of contract formation arising out of the exchange of documents containing or referring to standard terms creates considerable problems when one tries to fit it into the framework of offer and acceptance . |
| 26 | In Dr S 's view , the discourse of the emotional is devalued in the rest of the department , and she tries to bring it to the fore . |
| 27 | In another cliffhanger the Saltires , for whom Paul Hull was outstanding , came off second-best again when Mark ‘ Turbo ’ Thomas powered over for two tries to clinch it for the holders ( 12–10 ) . |
| 28 | I just wonder what 's I last I heard they were the receiver was trying to pull it into the collapse but er |
| 29 | It was important , too , that we took time to understand the existing strengths of the Festival , while examining how we should be trying to position it in the future to maximise audiences . ’ |
| 30 | Luke begins his account of the birth of Jesus by trying to set it in the context of world history . |