Example sentences of "try and [vb infin] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And after as many tender words as he could think of , to try and lighten the load , to try and make it seem less of a confession , even to try and compensate for the shared and shaming confidence , he told Fergus that he had been responsible for the fire that had burned down the barn near Port Ann , fifteen years earlier . |
| 2 | The excitement that was building up inside her had nothing to do with the fact that Ace Barton was probably just a few feet away from her , she told herself as she tried desperately hard to try and disentangle from the different voices one she hoped to recognise . |
| 3 | An alternative to attacking the enzymes that catalyse important steps in the viral lifecycle is to try and interfere with the viral genetic material directly . |
| 4 | So in 1973 Andy decided to try and qualify for the Open at Royal Troon — and it was here that an incident occurred that changed his career . |
| 5 | Well somebody sa and they stand facing the wall and they shut their eyes and there 're people at the end and they have to try and get to the other side without the other person seeing them . |
| 6 | The answer too is other than to try and work towards the two communities will agree on something and that 's how your how you 'll like it . |
| 7 | And that 's what we 've got ta try and do in the next , next few weeks really . |
| 8 | He must try and look on the positive side as far as Maisie 's conversion was concerned . |
| 9 | Erm as well as all that erm I 'll just try and add in the extra bits that Erm what was oh sorry how did I come to Friends Provident then ? |