Example sentences of "try and [verb] [pron] on the " in BNC.
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1 | And it 's much easier to try and control it on the clutch . |
2 | Buchanan 's Triangles clubmate Mark Tosh pushed hard to try and catch him on the five-mile run but the Derry man won in a time of 1.28.52 . |
3 | My health , I am feeling strong and looking confident on the outside , so you must try and feel it on the inside oh dear the planets are on your side this week for love , needless to say |
4 | And then we come to the sixth race which is the eight forty five , well I 'm going to go for Angie Baby here in trap three , she 's erm a little bit of a kidder but she might have the legs of these , as long as something leads her , she 'll come and erm try and do them on the line , so it 's Angie Baby for me there , erm Ruby Blue in trap six is a danger . |
5 | Let's try and get it on the board , which somebody has written on and I told them about that and asked them to clean it , but , bring a spray can of white paint next time . |
6 | Okay , I 'll point to something round here and you 've got ta try and find it on the picture bulb . |
7 | and I 'm just wondering if maybe , maybe we will just have to do a wee bit of work and try and get something on the go to see if somebody will |
8 | Cos , when you try , if you try and control it on the accelerator it 's very , it 's really jerky |
9 | I know one or two of them try and work it on the phone … but I like to go out and have a look and know what 's going on . ’ |