Example sentences of "[adv] try [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This senseless slaughter takes place merely to try to catch a few extra tuna , and in fact the tuna caught through this method amounts to only about 5 per cent of the world 's total catch . |
| 2 | The trio , who were linked on security force computers to 32 murders , were killed as they apparently tried to murder a retired UDR man on a remote Co Tyrone road . |
| 3 | When Carter a few minutes later in the debate said , ‘ I asked my ( eight-year-old ) daughter Amy last night what she thought … ’ , what the audience heard was : ‘ I 'd better try to find a warm human illustration before it 's too late . ’ |
| 4 | For the rest of the day he-would go into Inverness , take his spare clothes into a launderette and then perhaps try to find a public baths with hot showers . |
| 5 | ‘ She 's only trying to make a great deal of money , ’ said Constance . |
| 6 | While the English fleet lay off Lisbon Moulton was sent ashore to try to negotiate a diplomatic settlement with the king . |
| 7 | If Diana thinks she can just try to have a normal Christmas without the boys she is going to have a very miserable day . ’ |
| 8 | The fairy lights were on and a machine was belting out smoke two frail pure white eight year old coach men stumbled out onto stage desperately trying to heave a massive structure around the stage , containing one very beautiful princess who seemed very heavy indeed . |
| 9 | For a start , he was driving far too fast , had only just swerved in time to avoid a cyclist , and was now desperately trying to overtake a pale blue Renault , when it was obvious there was n't room , and the road ahead was too winding to see if it was clear . |
| 10 | ‘ The last time we saw you , ’ Prue says to him , as she ladles the haricots around his gigot , ‘ you were just desperately trying to find a second line to go after ‘ Goe , and catch a falling starre . ’ |
| 11 | If you 're anything like me ( and with due apologies to the ladies ) you will have arrived home and found either your wife or husband desperately trying to shove a six foot sofa into a five foot ten inch space between a door and a wall . |
| 12 | This is the kind of dreamy Hollywood fantasy I like to float in when I 'm lying flat on my back under some dirty platform desperately trying to tack a loose wire or stubborn piece of baize into position — or standing in a wet field trying to work out exactly how the VIPs will swim through the mud from the helicopter to the marquee . |
| 13 | In the jungles of the most hostile planet in the Galaxy , two men are desperately trying to repair a small rocket ship . |
| 14 | Just trying to hit a six . |
| 15 | They 've been to his little boy 's primary school , interviewed the teachers and headmistress and all the school friends and everything just trying to get a dirty story . |
| 16 | This bad timing is typical for Deirdre , who once tried to kill a faithless lover with an ashtray , but succeeded only in setting the hotel room on fire . |
| 17 | They were new colonies which were produced by the existing colonies , even if in no friendly spirit , and the possibility that colonies could produce new colonies was likely to make the task of the government in London even harder if it ever tried to impose a unified colonial policy . |
| 18 | Despite the provision for votes ( weighted broadly according to members ' population size ) the Council usually tried to establish a unanimous position among the member states . |
| 19 | Bravely they still tried to send a regular allowance home . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , many people seem to take it as a personal insult ( on behalf of their garden ) if one says that there are n't really any plants or flowers worth pressing , so to prevent any hurt feelings I usually try to pick a few items that are possible candidates for pressing , which seems to go down much better than completely refusing someone 's kind offer . |
| 21 | Because of these difficulties and the commercial desire that once a company is to be sold its sale should be completed as soon as possible , the parties usually try to have a simultaneous signing and completion . |
| 22 | Always try to give a practical demonstration of how to use the programme . |
| 23 | Always try to see a prospective home in the depths of winter . |
| 24 | I always try to eat a balanced , healthy diet |
| 25 | We also always try to involve a related organisation — this year we 're working with WISH , Women In Special Hospitals — who can give us insight into the difficulties the women might have in talking about their experiences . |
| 26 | Payroll Staff have always tried to provide a friendly and efficient service . |
| 27 | Since I 've been involved in er , in the partnerships we 've always tried to have a joint number one with Three Hills and Church Langley as I explained before and it 's always been a very difficult balancing act you know , to keep both going along . |
| 28 | Deborah feels she is lucky in having a mother who has deliberately tried to encourage a good self-image . |
| 29 | Considerable skill in getting plants established was also required — it is only too easy for gaps to appear , or for an odd man out in flower colour to pop up , as anyone who has ever tried to grow a complete row of vegetables or lay out a bedding plan , will know . |
| 30 | No one has ever tried to edit a Viennese waltz : all those inflexions of tempo would look terrible on the page . |