Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [conj] try [to-vb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A variation on this is to jump up and try to tuck your legs into your chest , touching your knees with your hands . |
| 2 | To reach down and try to free her legs would be disastrous . |
| 3 | Jed liked to pull the lever which fired the clays into the air while Diane would blast away and try to improve her shooting . |
| 4 | I 'm going to nip over and try to persuade our production team that it 's time to move over to PCs . |
| 5 | It has , meanwhile , steadfastly ignored the argument that people who can not get out will do their best to leave ; while those with the ‘ insurance policy ’ of a passport in their back pockets are more likely to stay on and try to make their home-town work . |
| 6 | They saw the mother drop her parcels and turn around to step back and try to reach her boy . |