Example sentences of "try and [verb] them [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be better to try and beat them at the bottom of the curve rather than when the South Africans were improving . |
| 2 | They are given several balloons and the object is to try and hit them over the heads of the team opposite and onto the floor . |
| 3 | So will more than likely be off next week , but I do want to try and get something done with this and some of the other accounts , I want to try and get them out the way before I |
| 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 | Our business is to ensure that what we are doing now is done properly , not to take on board new activities and try and finance them at the expense of groups which are already suffering very poor , or at least inadequate services . |