Example sentences of "[verb] to try and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well the only encouraging initiative that I can speak of for West Sussex is the establishment of the Rural Options Land Bank and er I 've undertaken to try and get some county commitment to this and that means some land . |
| 2 | Various groups within the party were formed to try and achieve particular objectives . |
| 3 | I mean , in the long run their both , they both give the same outcome , alright , but farmers want to try and avoid that variability of income , alright , so they 'll much prefer to , instead of having , you know , they probably prefer erm , a certain income of forty pounds rather than erm , an equal chance of getting one hundred pounds or zero . |
| 4 | While they were there , complicated moves were made to try and have these orders extended by a Children 's Panel Hearing in Inverness , but the case was sent back to the Orkney Panel . |
| 5 | Attempts have been made to try and address this problem in relation to the needs of all children and families . |
| 6 | pretending to try and spill each other 's cocoa . |
| 7 | Staff there have been so impressed by Carina 's bravery that they have decided to try and help other youngsters like her . |
| 8 | From the point of view of the environmental impact of mining , if the state was prepared to allow the mining companies to export their profits tax-free , it certainly was not going to try and impose expensive pollution control , environmental and reclamation regulations on their operations . |
| 9 | ‘ No thanks , I was going to try and get some sleep , ’ she told him , an edge to her voice . |
| 10 | You you 're going to try and get some solo out , persuade members |
| 11 | Are we going to try and get some work sheets ? |
| 12 | Look at the question and then just close the book and say right I 'm going to try and solve this equation . |
| 13 | On completion the project would go on display at Burns garage for a while and then be used to try and generate more interest in aviation in the area . |
| 14 | In product markets characterised by complex production processes long-term supply contracts or sub-contracts are commonly used to try and lower these costs . |
| 15 | It 's also standards , like the poor receptionist , she says , you know like yesterday , she 's trying to put a call through , , and it did n't get through , she says I 've got to try and answer that phone within four rings . |
| 16 | Now the doctor 's said he 's got to try and lose some weight . |
| 17 | We 're the trigger we 've got to try and schedule three pickups three baggings a day . |
| 18 | But the arrogance of the people and yet when we 're going to work , we 've got to try and combat these people , and what help have you got ? |
| 19 | The only problem is you see I 'd like to try and get more Toshibas off him . |
| 20 | Are n't you tempted to try and buy this house for yourself ? ’ |
| 21 | That covers me for office work to negotiate to try and settle this case . |
| 22 | However wanting to keep my set-up as simple as possible , I decided to try and use one flashgun mounted in the hot shoe of the camera . |
| 23 | As a result , it became very much easier for a minister to brush aside any interrogation , since not only was the original purpose of the question soon left behind , but also the frontbenches have tended to intervene to try and score broader party points to which the minister in turn makes the usual party retort . |
| 24 | Once the pain and muscle soreness disappears I 'll have to try and restore any muscles that might be in danger — and in doing that restore the nerve routes — the circuits , if you like — that link muscle and brain . ’ |
| 25 | We 'll have to try and get this suit organized . |
| 26 | ‘ It will not happen again — the image of the club is important and I 'll just have to try and accept any punishment the FA give me like a man . |
| 27 | and we had er , I mean we had a bright orange swivel chair and when that came out it was called the Orbit or something , something really weird and it had a big back on it and we thought it was great I mean , I think it 's awful now , some of the things we had , I 'll have to try and find some photographs cos I 've got a case full of photographs upstairs |
| 28 | We do tend to try and remember odd words , because of their oddity . |
| 29 | You know , so all the time you 're up here , like this , and then perhaps you stay to try and get some work finished before you go home , and as sure as fate , that 's the day when you promised to take somebody out , when you go home , and you 've forgotten about it . |
| 30 | Well , I think for the children 's sake , I 'm going to stay put until Christmas , but after that I 'm really going to have to try and find some sort of stability for my children . |