Example sentences of "[pers pn] try [conj] [vb base] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and I was er , I try and switch the machine on it would n't come on , I thought what 's going on here , so I said to Sue , ca n't switch the machine on Sue what 's going on here ? , anyway , apparently the power supply to the machine was a bit dicky , the |
| 2 | I try and eat the rest of the doughnut as neat as I can but I end up all sugary and sticky . |
| 3 | well the way I do it is I I try and avoid the lecture lecturer |
| 4 | I 'm crying a bit as I try and stick the pieces together , but I ca n't do it so I just leave them on the floor and sit back in the chair . |
| 5 | I try and find the fag packet , but I ca n't see it no more . |
| 6 | Yeah , but that 's , just one , I mean I 'm not gon na record , if I try and record the whole of the course |
| 7 | Tension — and we know it well ! — collects around the neck and shoulder area , so it is important that you try and relax the muscles in that region before you start any exercise programme . |
| 8 | A spokeswoman for the Serjeant at Arms department said : If you what to know what has happened I suggest you try and ask the people concerned . ’ |
| 9 | Remember , however , that because those stimulants are addictive , if your consumption has been particularly high you are likely to suffer withdrawal symptoms ( headaches , lethargy and so on ) if you try and cut the stimulants out completely in one fell swoop . |
| 10 | And I 'm afraid there is no way you can you , if you try and force the caf to be more a sort of caf that people who come to the cinema will patronize then it will not make a profit in my view . |
| 11 | If you try and do the inverse function , |
| 12 | So what you do as a trainer in a circus you try and encourage the animal to want to the act and to reinforce it for so doing and that may be food , it may be actually just affection for the people who are training and that 's what a trainer wants to try and . |
| 13 | You know I mean if you try and grab the wind all you you 're left with is a clenched fist . |
| 14 | So if we try and tackle the staff appraisal , at least |
| 15 | ‘ WE 'LL GET STUFFED if we try and play the game by their rules , because they 're better at it than us . |
| 16 | exercise that you do in terms of assertion in terms of helping build people 's assertion is what we call a broken record exercise , okay where one person wants something and the other person is trying to change their minds , okay , you get it in conversation when people do n't take you seriously and you 've asked for something and they do n't take you serious they try and avoid the point , they try and change the subject . |
| 17 | They er they try and compensate the difference between the intervention price in one country with the intervention price in another country . |
| 18 | They try and throw the hounds off the scent and generally disrupt things . |
| 19 | exercise that you do in terms of assertion in terms of helping build people 's assertion is what we call a broken record exercise , okay where one person wants something and the other person is trying to change their minds , okay , you get it in conversation when people do n't take you seriously and you 've asked for something and they do n't take you serious they try and avoid the point , they try and change the subject . |
| 20 | you know it does n't mean to say that you 're wrong because you like to have a go or jump in and you 're not wrong if you like to have time to spend , there are no right or wrong styles and also what we ca n't associate the styles with , which people try to do sometimes is they try and identify the introverts and extroverts . |
| 21 | I mean , it will be , perhaps where they try and place the mortgage for you but erm I w I bet you they wo n't recommend anything but Legal and General when it comes to actually , you know , covering your mortgage . |