Example sentences of "[adv] to try and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did n't show too badly when he finished the race with several layers of clothing on to try and retain some body heat in the cold driving rain . |
| 2 | AMPES ' work was basically to try and get more women to join the trade unions and political organizations . |
| 3 | We see jobs being lost every week as our employers cut back to try and outbid each other not in the interests of defence of this country but purely because of political dogma . |
| 4 | Narrow your stance and pull your rear hip back to try and reduce this profile , but notice also how this makes you gradually more and more susceptible to a foot sweep . |
| 5 | Thank you yes , I mean our purpose is not here to try and judge competing bids for the new settlement , but to try to come to if we can , objective appraisal of if we are minded to recommend the new settlement , could we in fact come up with a district location . |
| 6 | A number of solutions have been put forward to try and overcome this problem . |