Example sentences of "[adv] try to do [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Staff , on the other hand , felt that they constantly tried to do this , both through formal mechanisms , like the initial meeting , nursery booklet , parents ' nights , and also informally , through chat . |
| 2 | People who asked her why she did n't make use of her talent and give singing lessons had perhaps not tried to do this while living in two rooms over a greengrocers , and looking after young children . |
| 3 | If private enterprise in a capitalist society is not trying to do that , there is no point in private enterprise — nor , for that matter , in a capitalist society . |
| 4 | I think if the committee did that then we 'd be back to what five or six years ago , when a whole afternoon was spent on that and I would n't commend that to you , but can we perhaps have a word with the officers at a later stage , take it on board what both Graham and Anne have been saying , and obviously not trying to do that in a meeting like this but try to prepare for it a month before-hand . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not trying to do any story — I do n't need to now . |
| 6 | Yeah I was just I was just trying to do that |
| 7 | ‘ My job is to back up the man with the ball and I always try to do that to the best of my ability . |
| 8 | So I always try to do that but I , I , again I find that it 's very erm very tiring and it 's very , gets very can get very involved with it , so I would like us , I 'd like you to think of the idea of a social secretary to help with the raffles and organizing what 's going on at the meetings please . |
| 9 | I mean , a lot , I can say with on the youths , I think were doing , were , were , were walking with young people at the local levels of various places in the town you know , we 've got , we have n't got as many resources as we want yet , but were still trying to do that , well I actually feel , on youth we 're doing quite a good job you know , expensive job you know , that we are , and , and all that concerns you raise , were certainly aware of . |
| 10 | Frederick Ozanam asked his companions to try to alleviate all forms of poverty and we also try to do this . |
| 11 | You can only do so much at work , so do n't try to do any more . |
| 12 | Why I did n't try to do more than this for so many months is an important question which I need to make some attempt to answer . |
| 13 | Taylor has n't even tried to do that . |
| 14 | Well as Michael says , we 're not proud of the results er , and we 're not going to try and dress them up , Michael has n't tried to do that and I certainly do n't intend to . |
| 15 | Matthew Paris actually tried to do that . |
| 16 | And never try to do any sort of re-wiring yourself unless you are absolutely sure you know what you 're doing ; have it done and tested professionally . |
| 17 | However , while it may be wise to attempt the free-rider strategy occasionally , governments that systematically try to do this will eventually get a bad reputation . |