Example sentences of "and try [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why , so that you can ease your own frustration and put the blame on me ? ’ she managed to shoot back , and tried to wriggle out of the bag , unsuccessfully . |
| 2 | Whether she would in fact have opened the door and tried to jump out of a moving vehicle proved to be an academic question . |
| 3 | I kissed her and held her and tried to get out of the house without saying goodbye to anyone . |
| 4 | The pilots were drunk and half-naked ; they got no help from the French girls , who simply screamed and tried to get out of the window . |
| 5 | So the more frozen in horror a human being is , the more likely the cat is to leap up and try to settle down on the static lap . |
| 6 | He believes it is time to re-group and try to get back to the negotiating table . |
| 7 | After only a minute of play or painting or whatever he should have been doing , he would leave his place , then snatch toys , kick children , overturn furniture and try to run out of the nursery . |
| 8 | ‘ Is it not the time when all those who have an interest in our industry should sit down and discuss our future together and try to get back to the situation where the industry controls and governs itself instead of allowing it to be manipulated by those who purchase our product ? ’ he asked about 200 delegates . |
| 9 | I suppose he 'll take it easy now and try to strengthen up for the winter |
| 10 | When people are moving in all directions , meeting dead ends and trying to push back to the start , it 's not only chaotic , it 's downright dangerous . |
| 11 | We have him bang to rights on the kiosk heist and Special Forces caught him redhanded holding up the auction room and trying to make off with a green canvas portmanteau . ’ |