Example sentences of "[adv] try [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Nation ( Bangkok ) reported on Jan. 30 that " two leading Western narcotics experts based in Thailand " had commented that these claims seemed exaggerated and that the military government had been doing little to try to reduce opium production since it seized power in 1988 . |
| 2 | ‘ I only tried to get Lina a job . ’ |
| 3 | Dukakis seemed to be reciting words merely to try to manipulate voters . |
| 4 | Like the others he failed from the Centurion corner , so tried to gain entry from the right . |
| 5 | Mrs Mandela apparently tried to attack Mrs Falati for ‘ spreading false rumours ’ about the Stompie case , and the alleged misuse of one million rand ( £200,000 ) donated by Col Gaddafi of Libya for legal costs of the appeal . |
| 6 | The French looses tackled the Welsh , admittedly naive enough to try to use backrow moves in the vicinity of the French line to a standstill . |
| 7 | He sincerely hoped that the Navigator would never be foolish enough to try to charm Meh'Lindi into his bed . |
| 8 | Do not necessarily try to get DCs agreed at the first attempt . |
| 9 | They only try to keep people out just before Christmas , to stop them stealing the fir trees . ’ |
| 10 | They had all tried to help Harry , but he was n't easy . |
| 11 | We 've all tried to get work , but none of us has anything permanent . |
| 12 | I was merely trying to sort matters out , and — ’ |
| 13 | I am merely trying to describe aspects of life as they are experienced subjectively by others . |
| 14 | If there are major disagreements as to concepts ( eg as to whether the warranties are to be very detailed or are merely trying to catch material items ) it may be necessary to have a meeting of the principals to resolve the concepts against which the agreement is to be negotiated . |
| 15 | It can be seen straight away that the Faculty has an enormous task merely trying to help members keep up-to-date with all these changes , to help them interpret some of the more obscure elements and , wherever possible , to pool their combined knowledge to match the tax authorities ' ability to pool their knowledge of the activities of taxpayers and their advisers . |
| 16 | ‘ We are merely trying to buy information . ’ |
| 17 | They began to busy themselves cheerfully with preparations for the meal , one or other of them constantly trying to engage Moran with this small thing or that , until he was drawn by their uncanny tact into the general cheerfulness . |
| 18 | Staff managers are therefore constantly trying to acquire line functions . |
| 19 | In the darkness I felt in the hands of God , someone who could do anything He liked with me , even though that someone was more likely to be Mr Slieman , the manager , who with his pencil moustache looked more like a used car salesman and was constantly trying to show Louise , the cashier and kiosk girl , his collection of prophylactics . |
| 20 | The ensuing breach upset Laura , who missed having her eldest son at home and was constantly trying to find ways to retain as much contact with him as possible . |
| 21 | She was only trying to do James a good turn . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm only trying to work things out for myself and take a bit of responsibility for what I do . ’ |
| 23 | This shows that George is not only trying to protect Lennie , he is also trying to teach him to stand on his own feet , and learn things , although he knows Lennie will never really improve . |
| 24 | SCO , which got its Unix System V.3.2 licence relatively cheaply , is apparently trying to win concessions from Unix System Labs Inc in return for its endorsement of SVR4 , having behind it the leverage of its Unix-on-Intel base that would give USL a commanding share of the overall market . |
| 25 | And so far as the local issue was concerned , of course it 's the issue of tertiary education and erm this was erm a question of erm the particular Governors and parents who wanted to opt out erm doing what the Iraquis are doing with their aeroplanes and they were basically trying to fly Banbury School to a neutral country ; the idea being that erm as soon as the procedure for opting out started the Local Education Authority would not be able to use any of erm Banbury School 's land or premises in part of its plans for tertiary education in Banbury , so it was really an attempt to neutralize Banbury School . |
| 26 | Having dismissed the basis of the EC Directive , the article now went on , as the government itself would like to imply , that , while others had muddled about wrongly trying to control nitrates , Britain had been engaged on work of an altogether higher order , ‘ in the interests of good water ’ . |
| 27 | basically he 's studied this minute area of China and , and basically , from that minute area of China , from his experiences , bearing in mind that he 's obviously trying to sell revolution , he is then generalizing about the whole of China . |
| 28 | On the other hand there are people like Neil and Assif who are obviously trying to make names for themselves . |
| 29 | Tory chiefs desperately tried to distance Mr Major from the disaster . |
| 30 | He desperately tried to pull strings with people he knew in Parma so that he would not be called up , but eventually he had to go . |