Example sentences of "we try [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Shall we try to push them all under the water. ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Shall we try to reach the food again ? ’ |
| 3 | How long do we try to patch up a failing plan ? |
| 4 | May we try to do something to make other people 's lives happier and easier — even those people who seem to be doing nothing at all to help us . |
| 5 | Could we try to talk to the guard ? |
| 6 | so is this right ? not , should we try avoiding we and talk about I cos it , if it 's we it might be somebody else you see |
| 7 | May we try to avoid being cruel and unkind even with those people we find it really hard to like . |
| 8 | If that did happen , should we try to intervene , should we offer to put in some sort of peace-keeping force or should we just leave them to it ? |
| 9 | Not only did we try to influence the views of those in positions of power through detailed submissions and meetings , we also sought to mobilise public opinion through the news media and our own publications . |
| 10 | " Everyone else is busy at the moment , so why do n't we try to get something fresh for the pot . |
| 11 | Name of Consortium — should we try to get professional help with this ? |
| 12 | The acute question is — do we try to introduce such ideas into existing power stations ? |
| 13 | [ Macbeth , III.ii.46 ] If asked to paraphrase this , do we try to expound the hidden , metaphorical meanings , or the surface literal meanings ? |
| 14 | But of all the multitude of possibilities , what should we try to measure in the chick ? |
| 15 | May we try to show them by our own example that there is something good in everyone . |
| 16 | May we try to play some part in making their task easier . |
| 17 | ‘ Could we try to sneak in there and reach a Titan ? ’ interrupted d'Arquebus . |
| 18 | Rather , on the assumption that the firm manages to devise effective mechanisms for routeing potentially relevant information from the external environment to its decision makers , we will ask : ‘ How should we try to ensure that the information , when it arrives on the executive 's desk , is usable by that executive ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Would we try to de-activate it ? ’ |
| 20 | Above all we can not ignore it : whereas at one time we might have been able to smile at the perversity of the local watch committee in another town , the collective action of several dozen politically motivated local authorities to ban News International publications effectively took censorship in libraries well beyond the silly season in the Press ; and whereas we could once afford to hang back with our copies of Fanny Hill secure in the knowledge that we would be nowhere near the top of the prosecution list , Section 28 is in place and ready to pick us off should we try to share our enthusiasm for homosexual literature with more than a few of our consenting adult users . |