Example sentences of "try and make a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | er we both met him to try and make a plea to him to try and change his views and it 's fair to say that he does n't know or did n't know what was going on in his own backyard and John Patten I feel is the same as is the rest of the M P's in the Oxfordshire area . |
| 2 | She heard the man in the mask sliding down slowly and knew she should try and make a run for it but her ankle was already swelling inside her Reebok . |
| 3 | there does n't seem to be any sense to it really but you can try and make a bit of sense out of some of it not all of it but some of it you can make a bit of sense out of it yes . |
| 4 | They 're frightened like , in years to come , like , they 're gon na try and make a claim against them 'cos their er , been on the chest , is summat like that . |
| 5 | Money is politics — you try and make a film like this and you 'll discover that — and money is shit — so where does that leave politics ? |
| 6 | Whenever possible , I try and make a point of taking something special to a party . |