Example sentences of "[vb mod] try [conj] [vb infin] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | So what you 're saying is , that if people er , if people 's consciences state I ought to try and do this , but I 'm not required by statute to do , the chances is that A , that you , you ca n't do it anyway , but B you would n't have the facilities to do it anyway , as well . |
| 2 | Yes , but I do n't think we should try and make this happen . |
| 3 | ‘ We all agreed that we should try and commemorate this event , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ I suppose we should try and get this hot heap of shit off the ground , ’ the Maggot growled now . |
| 5 | has become an increasingly dangerous on this right hand side I have said just now they must try and stop this coming in because he is getting some magnificent balls in to the penalty area and sooner or later they 're gon na concede a goal . |
| 6 | Oh wait a minute , I must try and find this wretched book . |
| 7 | We must try and put this shock reversal in Boston to one side . |
| 8 | ‘ Tomorrow , when she sees the head man , I 'll go with you , Kate , and we 'll try and sort this business out . |
| 9 | erm I 'll try and do this in ten minutes . |
| 10 | You 'll try and do this in ten minutes . |
| 11 | He 'll try and shrug this one off , mind you . |
| 12 | If you 'll just come down we 'll try and get this sorted out . ’ |
| 13 | Leave that with me I 'll I 'll get in contact with Steve and I 'll try and get this list sorted . |
| 14 | So , they says , well I 'll tell you what we 'll try and find this Mr so and so , and , we 'll get in contact with you . |
| 15 | One could try and explain this as follows : subjects perceived an increase in k as necessitating an increase in output since the opportunities for using output from other periods to increase sales this period had been reduced by the increase in the storage cost ; accordingly , one should produce more now in case the price this period turned out to be a high one . |
| 16 | Let's try and sort this out . ’ |
| 17 | Alright , it has risen , right , risen very dramatically erm well , let's try and rephrase this , erm , what 's another major reason for the growth of manufacturing trade ? |
| 18 | Not , not to be s unsympathetic but I mean let's try and get this in |
| 19 | ‘ Well then , Roy , let's try and keep this friendly . ’ |
| 20 | We hope now that management will try and resolve this situation either through redeployment or retraining , or further consultation . ’ |
| 21 | I I think erm a a as you 've kindly called me er I think I will try and make this debate a little more lively erm but I 'm not sure about being controversial er because here I was last week , I was making a speech about the significance of er the deregulation of contracting out bill and er I said then that the bill is so important because it is the first major attempt by government to slay the red tape dragon . |