Example sentences of "try [pron] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To try somebody of a trainer er . |
| 2 | We tried one on a child 's jumper , chest size 66cm ( 26″ ) , using the template for children 5–8 , and this worked out very well . |
| 3 | Not long ago , she said in his head , one comes to rely on one 's bit of fun , and he tried her with a joke or two , but the old happy creasing of the face took a time to occur . |
| 4 | I hired one and went to try it on a mountain . |
| 5 | He tried it with a pig but the pig just pissed everywhere , he was n't having it . ’ |
| 6 | He tried it for a day , but grew bored with museums and heavy concentration , and their clumsy attempts to pick up girls ; he returned to the room during the day when they were out . |
| 7 | She tried it for a week , and then , then went to live with the Americans , and said the food was too fattening . |
| 8 | I decided I should try them at a rave . |
| 9 | I thought we 'd try them for a change . |
| 10 | You want some more , shall we try you with a little bit more ? |
| 11 | that start with a C you learn maybe about ten or twenty that start with a K and you say well if it 's not one of these I do n't know I 'm gon na s try it with a C. |
| 12 | ‘ Try me for a week , ’ Alina said . |
| 13 | Try it as a supplement to Mackerras and the Vienna Philharmonic ( mid-price Decca ) , my long-standing recommendation for the two big works . |
| 14 | The initial decision of the complainant was not without importance , for if , after hearing the evidence of witnesses , the justice of the peace decided that the case was not serious enough to be sent to a superior court , he could not then and there try it as a police court case . |
| 15 | Try it with a C it 's an easier way of doing it is n't it . |
| 16 | I try it for a bit — you know , pretending that I 'm all frozen , but someone on a bike comes down the path and I got to move to get out the way . |
| 17 | I try it for a bit , thinking real hard about walking . |
| 18 | ‘ I would say to under-graduates — try it for a season and if you do n't like it move on . ’ |
| 19 | Mm try it in a minute not greasy at all that flapjack . |
| 20 | CLE-1 , however , always imposes strong preferences , because of the way that reference candidates are tried one at a time in a depth-first fashion , with backtracking to the next candidate taking place when , and only when , the logical form involving the current one is deemed implausible . |