Example sentences of "[conj] try [to-vb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At last , in a fit of anger , he gave John permission to invade the duchy and try to take it by force . |
| 2 | The vendor 's and the purchaser 's accountants were then to review the sales figure and try to agree it with each other : and , if they disagreed , which they did , a third accountant was to determine the figure . |
| 3 | Well also just my experience , my own experience with the developments of and the evolution of the policies in Kuwait coming at working at Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research , there were many erm studies conducted at Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research and the other institute , The Social erm Political Institute , and they were the main of that was the probe through all these policies and through these institutions we have in Kuwait and try to improve it to a standard that the Kuwaiti people and the neighbouring country can benefit from at that . |
| 4 | One dog may then try to get between the herd and the straggler , and try to drive it towards the rest of the pack . |
| 5 | ‘ It is only if you pretend and try to sweep it under the carpet that you get a bigoted response , ’ Mr Purton added after the vote . |
| 6 | I had decided that I should take control of the aeroplane and try to fly it to England . |
| 7 | Suppose you shoot a marble and try to get it across a hump in the ground . |
| 8 | Suddenly he 'd arch his back like a twig in a furnace , scraping his stockinged feet for purchase , then take his head in both hands and try to smash it on the floor , only prevented by the cushions . |
| 9 | Somehow you have to play devil 's advocate against your presentation and try to knock it to pieces . |
| 10 | They are driven to cunning in order to buy the materials they need for their work … they are vain , envious and antagonistic to writers ‘ who are really their best friends , who control the public and try to bring it to a greater state of culture which will offer the artists great subject for their work … |