Example sentences of "[verb] and [vb infin] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only hope was to try and paddle to the bank , then work our way back into the safe waters of the Cherwell by pulling on the branches of the shrubs and trees that overhung the river . |
| 2 | He hated bribery because it was the hardest of all expenses to try and explain to Kolchinsky . |
| 3 | The best way to start on this dis section of this discussion may be to erm express the observation that the county council and at least one of the local authorities which is Harrogate , erm are already engaged in have been engaged in for some time a very positive erm activity to try and attract to the county inward investment predicament that the economic development unit of the county council , the economic development of at of at least the one local authority that I have named and erm prospective developers such I 'm representing today , share common predicament , is that the existing structure plan constructs some obstructions , erects some obstructions to the attraction of inward investment into the county . |
| 4 | But like , wi with the door Dave 's mum 's sister was rubbing it in to try and say to his nan that we were kicking her out and so she got a bit funny over it ! |
| 5 | As the hysterical media juggernaut pushed Charles and Diana along to the altar , she had to try and come to terms with her own feelings and thoughts about the Prince of Wales . |
| 6 | The Portuguese may have the worst road safety record in Europe , but that 's no reason to try and add to the casualty figures . ’ |
| 7 | For a department within C U and er we 've done this design on it , and come up with a new system , that we want to try and sell to other departments within the company . |
| 8 | To try and get to it by going round outside the garden wall meant ploughing through waist-high nettles and clumps of bramble . |
| 9 | And we always u Everybody used to try and get to 's . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Switchboard use it a lot again , to try and get to the bottom of , you know , calls that are going through to the wrong place and things like that . |
| 12 | If I 've got a routine I like to try and keep to it , otherwise I get very disorganized and upset . |
| 13 | I stayed there for the duration to try and prove to myself that I was able to do it . |
| 14 | And to , to try and illustrate to you why we focus on particular virulence factors for particular organisms . |
| 15 | And then if I please to reach him a hand and pick him up again , he shall know and acknowledge to whom he owes it , and walk more humbly thereafter . |
| 16 | Q. Does the Committee know and agree to the cost of the work ? |
| 17 | Each company is given considerable autonomy so it can know and respond to local markets . |
| 18 | The organisation is regarded as a ‘ green field ’ , able and willing both to accept and adapt to a completely changed information systems environment . |
| 19 | First , it makes the differences seem natural and inevitable — rather than questioning where they come from and what social functions they serve , readers are urged to accept and adjust to them . |
| 20 | Various funding agencies including Sight Savers are promoting integrated education enabling blind and sighted children to accept and adjust to each other . |
| 21 | It should aim at helping individuals to assess the cost to their former life-style , and either to fight the consequences realistically , or to accept and come to terms with them , whichever seems to be the most appropriate . |
| 22 | That belief system will be accompanied by values of behaviour and culture , which we are likely to accept and practise to a greater or lesser degree . |
| 23 | We 're leaving in a week and I might not get another chance to come and speak to you . |
| 24 | I 'm sure we can get an accountant to come and speak to us , but we might have to pay him for two hours work , you see . |
| 25 | And to her horror she could see that in her haste to come and speak to him she had only buttoned the bottom two buttons , and the way she was sitting , crouching forward slightly , one smooth , firm breast was entirely exposed . |
| 26 | I am gon na wind up I 'm just gon na say if anybody wants some information about our database which is open to anybody in the country , I 've left some leaflets there erm , I 've been asked to plug Trade Union News which has been important to us too so I have erm and I finally I 'd say thank you very much for inviting me to come and speak to you . |
| 27 | I 'll be able to come and go to the mortuary . |
| 28 | It seems that , despite the Council , pilgrims continued to come and go to the tomb of St Peter , and this was not irrelevant , for the noise and disturbance prevented many from hearing what was said . |
| 29 | This is proved by a letter from one Mr. Wildhagen to Sir William le Fleming and dated the 19 October 1721 : " hellip ; your honr know it is impossible for the men to work att your Fells of Conistone in the winter season for long as their houses are unbuilt , they haveing so far to come and go to thir lodgings … |
| 30 | The Safety Management System is a simple to follow 200 page manual , which hopefully will benefit Dounreay for many years to come and contribute to the reduction of accidents on site . ’ |