Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] try [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody in his right mind would try to fill a bath with a hole in it and so , I reasoned in my simple way , let the poor soul get on with it and let's all have a bit of peace . |
| 2 | He might have known that even someone as sensible as Miss van Wiliamsburgh would try to make a play of this sort . |
| 3 | Parents should try to list a series of daily confrontations that evoke tantrums . |
| 4 | Instructors should try to provoke a discussion on this ‘ ownership ’ issue . |
| 5 | No one but a bloody fool would try to walk a mile with an arrow through his chest . |
| 6 | Pruning in the second and subsequent years should try to begin a routine or system — and only your cultivation and experience will determine this — of removing wood that has flowered in proportion to the amount and vigour of new wood that the individual plant puts up . |
| 7 | Lord Denning suggested an alternative approach : the court should try to construe a contract out of all the communications passing between the parties . |
| 8 | Overdrive will try to find a replacement driver but offers no guarantee in this regard . |
| 9 | At the preparatory stage in drafting legislation civil servants will try to find a way of indicating Parliament 's intentions as to the sort of considerations of policy or fact that are to be treated as properly relevant to the decision , and the procedural requirements to be observed , but without tying the Minister 's hands too tightly in situations which can not be foreseen . |
| 10 | So it is hoped that ALL PARISHES in the Middlesbrough area will try to send a representative to the meeting on 9th December . |
| 11 | Supplier companies wishing to sell their products to industrial markets must try to establish a pattern or " mix " of inter-related activities . |
| 12 | There John Major will try to find a compromise between saving money and saving his majority . |
| 13 | Ministers may try to make a statement ( they secure this every Thursday with the weekly business statement ) ; the Opposition may seek to have a Private Notice Question ; the Government prefer to have a debate on a Government motion or bill ; the Opposition would like to have an Opposition Day when it opens the debate ; and backbenchers seek to get in with points of order and applications for emergency debates . |
| 14 | On TV. he had heard so-called experts pontificating on how to deal with terrorists in hostage situations — how the hostages should try to establish a rapport with their captors . |
| 15 | They would then find that they were hanging around for hours and the crafty ones would try to find a prop bed to catch up on some sleep . |
| 16 | The caretaker Prime Minister will try to form a government this week . |
| 17 | It is surprising how many sightseers will try to take a souvenir of the crash without a thought as to whether their particular treasure might contain some vital piece of evidence for the investigator , possibly the origin of a fatigue crack or a switch position that is all important . |
| 18 | Most translators will try to do a bit of both . |
| 19 | If necessary , the Arbroath batsman will try to take a year out of college — if that proves possible — which would also allow him to take up an offer to spend next winter playing for Newtons at Stellenbosch . |