Example sentences of "[adv] try and [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AMPES ' work was basically to try and get more women to join the trade unions and political organizations . |
| 2 | Erm but you know we 'll we 'll obviously try and do that . |
| 3 | My Lord the started sum of money originally , sixty thousand pounds was the total loan and there were further overdraught facilities and and it 's the plaintiff 's case that without it it was simply not going to be manageable and as a result of that having thought carefully about erm , position it is his case that he rang Peter , told him that there were major problems in the financing of the deal and asked him if he could get him out of the contract because the finance he anticipated was no longer going to be available and it was his case that Peter advised him that there was no way out because contracts had been exchanged , er Mr was told very clearly that he was committed legally now to the deal and that he 'd better try and rearrange some finances since clearly they were moving towards er the completion date . |
| 4 | And , if she did n't want to be a burnt-out case , too , she 'd better try and get some sleep , Laura told herself roughly as she slipped into bed and turned off the light . |
| 5 | I don' think er that women mind at all , I do n't think that that people in general really take that much notice of it , I mean I personally er have no objection or would not try and dissuade these gentlemen from wearing these things , but I personally would never wear one , and one of the reasons I would never wear one is apart from maybe two cases there you can always tell , and I think the thing is that when I would feel very uncomfortable walking down the street and everyo I 'd feel that everyone was there going wig , wig and the other thing is , there 's a young lady at the back there made a very valid point , er |
| 6 | I do not try and cosset these over winter by placing them into a separate tank in the garage , reasoning that the survivors will be the toughest of the bunch and more likely to make up into sturdy adult fish : come spring , they are distributed to friends . |
| 7 | Erika , born after the smoke of the death camps had stopped drifting across Europe , wanted deeply to try and say this to dapper Uncle Karl , born before the smoke fouled the skies . |
| 8 | Okay , and it 's got Smart Drive is remmed out er , it 'll probably try and put that back in . |
| 9 | The article is set out to try and answer some of your questions and help you map out how best to set about producing and marketing without becoming involved in a contract should one be made available . |
| 10 | We see jobs being lost every week as our employers cut back to try and outbid each other not in the interests of defence of this country but purely because of political dogma . |
| 11 | Narrow your stance and pull your rear hip back to try and reduce this profile , but notice also how this makes you gradually more and more susceptible to a foot sweep . |
| 12 | The party 's finally over for this man and the street can now try and get some sleep . |
| 13 | We might even try and do that . |
| 14 | And you know , I do n't want to enforce my morals onto someone else , or my ethics , and I really would like to ask people do n't try and do that to other women either ! |
| 15 | Do n't try and do any sums on it and think ooh I 'll square one and add it on half the other . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll come — but do n't try and put any pressure on this Kathleen of yours . |
| 17 | They 're , there , their Do n't try and teach these together : that will guarantee confusion . |
| 18 | I 'm surprised Pete did n't try and get that . |
| 19 | ‘ Initially I planned this simply because I wanted to go from coast to coast , but then I thought I might as well try and raise some money for the hospice which is on my beat . |
| 20 | A number of solutions have been put forward to try and overcome this problem . |