Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] try for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adopted just five weeks ago ‘ I 'd tried for other seats but had n't got anywhere ’ he has been staying in Northallerton with Jim Stafford , the cheery and down to earth constituency agent . |
| 2 | I decided to try for as long as he was trying . |
| 3 | the times I 've tried for up to five minutes waiting for switchboard to answer |
| 4 | I have tried for a grant from the War Office for this purpose but it has not been awarded . |
| 5 | I 've , I have tried for three weeks to get my Windows loaded and |
| 6 | you know try for a better underst total understanding of |
| 7 | So how do you get to try for a Krypton Factor ? |
| 8 | There had been times when , feeling guilty about her lack of response , she had tried for Paul 's sake to show some enthusiasm . |
| 9 | ‘ She came home from Guides one day and said she wanted to try for the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award , ’ recalls Rosemarie . |
| 10 | ‘ We 've tried for a donor … ’ |
| 11 | Erm well slightly different in the fact that er we er have two close schemes with far more er beneficiaries than there are er subscribing members , and at the moment that are four nominated by the er employer and four by the unions er we wish to say a pensioner erm that the rights were a pensioner nominee to that board of trustees , because we feel that er the situation is er is going to increase , we 've got so many beneficiaries and that the pensioners have no representative er I know that erm people on the boards of trustees are completely impartial , but on the other hand there is no pensioner there , the members are unsure of the fund , because of what 's been said , not that I 'm implying it 's not a secure fund , it is a secure fund , but they think why are they keeping the pensioners off , they there is some sort of hidden agenda they will not have us on there because neither of the businesses although we have tried for several years er they will not entertain at the moment erm a pensioner trustee , and yet Professor Good in his report acknowledges the merit of pensioner nominated trustees , er particularly in the sort of schemes where we 've got , wh where th the majority of beneficiaries . |
| 12 | Shortly afterwards , Fiona and James moved to Belgium , where they decided to try for another baby . |