Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When latecomers appear through doors which slam noisily behind them and creep across the room in front of you , do not try to continue by raising your voice while your audience turn to look at the newcomers . |
| 2 | It was asked , when the estate had been entered in accordance with the second will , whether the debtors who had been released in the first will could secure that they should be released even from debt which they had begun to owe after the first will , and if , should the heirs try to sue for it , they could be debarred by a defence of bad faith . |
| 3 | I did n't try to go into details on the phone , but said that we were going to need some police observation . |
| 4 | Norwegian coach Egil Olsen was a side-commentary for the match and he called Spurs play ‘ cowardly ’ — Olsen 's philosophy is the opposite of the south-american style that Spurs play : when you win the ball at the opponents midfield you should come forward with lots of players at great speed and you should always go for the goal — if you have the oppurtunity you should always try to go past your defender — NOT pass to a player behind you or keep the ball in play for minutes at midfield . |
| 5 | I will try to go to the hospital tomorrow and find out how Robbie is . |
| 6 | In the other … you might just as well try to go to sleep when your feet are cold or you want to spend a penny , or you 're hungry for a special kind of food you have n't got . |
| 7 | Do n't try to go beyond five initially . |
| 8 | Did they try to go for passing shots as they stood two feet behind the baseline ? |
| 9 | I came here eight years ago from Unilever , and the standards I respected there are the ones I would try to uphold at Cancer Relief . |
| 10 | However , males are sexual opportunists and if they come across another male 's female they will try to mate with her . |
| 11 | Hamsters will try to mate with anything smeared with this scent , while the gorilla always sniffs the female 's vagina before attempting to mate . |
| 12 | Herring gulls and lesser black-backed gulls are similar species , and black-backed gulls reared by herring gull parents , because some ethologist moves eggs between nests , become sexually imprinted on the herring gull : the adult lesser black-backed gulls so produced will try to mate with herring gulls . |
| 13 | However hard a head or a governing body may try to remain outside the arena of competition , the insistence of parent interests and community awareness and the effect on even the price of houses in a local estate agent 's listings will continue to make sure that parents believe that clever children , as measured in the national assessment , are produced by good schools and by good teachers . |
| 14 | But as the artist herself states , these images do not try to appeal to our erotic awareness , and that is perhaps why the intended commentary on the display of the female sex is not so obvious . |
| 15 | as if pleading helped — she might as well try to appeal to the better nature of a power-crazed tyrant . |
| 16 | When choosing a bow you should try to acquire above all others the mountain bow of Ghazna . |
| 17 | The Institute of Environmental Health Officers ( EHO ) and the Child Poverty Action Group ( CPAG ) believe people on low incomes may try to economise on water , endangering their health . |
| 18 | If there is no divine law men must try to agree among themselves what is right and what is wrong . |
| 19 | If … if , though , she does n't let you stay with them , then Mother will try to arrange for you some place else . |
| 20 | Agents must try to burrow into the minds of central bankers to discover what motivates their actions governing the course of the money stock . |
| 21 | The therapist asked Tony to suggest how he would try to cope with similar problems in the future . |
| 22 | Yet , when he did notice somebody was down , he was always very concerned and would try to cope with it , as with everything , head on . |
| 23 | If you have problems or face difficult situations , do n't try to cope on your own . |
| 24 | Since jealousy has its roots in emotional insecurity it is these feelings , so often experienced but not recognised , that you must try to treat with sympathy and imagination ; remembering that you , one day , may feel just as your mother-in-law does . |
| 25 | She would have told Jacob about her new purpose , but she knew he would see it as another sign of her raving , a sign of some new imbalance , and would try to search for causes , try to talk her out of it . |
| 26 | Hilton stresses that a quickened sense of the inner meaning of the Incarnation can not be forced ; it is essentially experienced as a gift and those eager to know God should always try to work with the grain of their own particular natures rather than force any prescribed activity : " take esili wolen come " ( 53.637 ) . |
| 27 | We 'll try to work on something ! |
| 28 | ‘ We are ready for any onslaught that the white authorities might try to launch against us , ’ Mr Rockman said after the first meeting in his home on Monday of the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union . |
| 29 | ‘ But he did n't noticeably try to write like him . ’ |
| 30 | It is obvious that a horse will run from a stick , spurs or fear of the rider , but it is hard to accept that he will try to pull on the bit if that very action increases the pain . |