Example sentences of "[noun] try [verb] [adv prt] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor should this be an excuse to try to carve up Genesis to fit a theory — about the evolution of religion or anything else . |
| 2 | Liverpool will probably want around £750,000 for the player who Tranmere tried to take on loan earlier this season . |
| 3 | They are a side trying to build up confidence at the moment . |
| 4 | This , together with his proposed union treaty , which opponents saw as a breakup of the Soviet Union , drove conservatives to try to take over control from him by declaring a state of emergency — in effect , a coup d'état . |
| 5 | Now he has a training programme for the week-end to try to build up stamina . ’ |
| 6 | STEVE COPPELL last night tried to stamp out speculation that he may quit Crystal Palace by vowing that he would see out the remaining 18 months of his contract . |
| 7 | " There are outside forces in Russia and China trying to stir up trouble for us here . " |
| 8 | I was earnest , like any aspiring young person trying to draw out approval . |
| 9 | The Tories might have got away with that but the latest revelation that the Home Office trawled through 25-year-old confidential files to try to dig up dirt on Mr Clinton is as outrageous as it is mind-boggling . |
| 10 | ‘ That would be the end of me , I 'd be nothing then , ’ he would mumble , and once Nathan tried to tap out code on his hand , so that he would understand messages in the event . |
| 11 | The government tried to drive out inflation by announcing that it was prepared to exchange paper money for specie . |
| 12 | International : Army tries to fend off blame for shelling |
| 13 | Young found that the harder the police tried to stamp out drug use the more it grew , becoming a symbol of defiance for hippies . |
| 14 | United fought hard for a comeback … as County tried to shut up shop … |
| 15 | With his moral support a group of nobles and clergy from both sides tried to work out peace terms . |
| 16 | Indeed , while with one hand trying to hold down expenditure by local authorities , the Government found itself by the late 1980s involved with the other hand in massive ear-marked spending on inner urban areas . |
| 17 | Molly had gone round the party trying to pick up information , listening for hints dropped during casual conversations and there , talking to her own children and eating nougat , was the girl who might have told her almost everything . |