Example sentences of "try [verb] the right [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried to find the right words to explain but discovered only a great disconnection between her brain and her voice , which ensured her silence . |
| 2 | However , I was going to try to pull the right strings . |
| 3 | He was a comical little man but as she smiled and tried to say the right things — ‘ Oh ! |
| 4 | Here are the various key thoughts that I use with pupils to try to produce the right action . |
| 5 | He would try to find the right balance between the predictability necessary to protect the valuable institutions of legislation and precedent and the flexibility necessary for himself and other judges to improve the law through what they do in court . |
| 6 | Try to maintain the right balance for both of you . |
| 7 | We 've tried to find the right combination of fluid proteins and … ’ |
| 8 | Automatically — the writer 's habit — I was trying to find the right word to describe the scene . |
| 9 | Sorry , I 'm trying to find the right bit of paper . |
| 10 | Tessa was already turning the tatter-edged yellow pages over , trying to find the right date , when Bob put his phone down . |
| 11 | Marie concentrated hard , trying to find the right words to give some shape and order to the confusion in her head . |
| 12 | Bobbie goes into the house , trying to find the right words to tell Mother that Father has come home . |
| 13 | She was just trying to find the right words to explain why she thought Mrs Richards would enjoy meeting Abuelo Freitas 's granddaughter , when Consuelo arrived to take over the evening shift , and the conversation switched to other matters . |
| 14 | You may remember E. Nesbit , the great children 's writer and inventer of the family of Wouldbegoods , who were very English , trying to do the right thing but often falling over themselves — or others — when it came to practice . |
| 15 | Wooster , after all , in the inter-war Jeeves stories , was eternally trying to do the Right Thing and succeeding ( if at all ) only on the last page of the story . |
| 16 | Yes , 3Com is trying to solve the right problems , says Proteon , but no , it does n't believe that 3Com will ever make the technology a widely implemented standard . |
| 17 | Only I was trying to get the right money today , see so |
| 18 | Trying to say the right thing to calm things down or protect people 's feelings only brings more upset and confusion . |