Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [pron] in [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a child , even though my parents were divorced and my mother did n't have much money , I would scream and shout whenever she tried to put me in some of my sister 's hand-me-downs . |
| 2 | Sometimes at least they seem to have reported to Stockholm independently of the chief under whom they served ; and in the later years of the eighteenth century Gustavus III sometimes tried to use them in this way as agents of a secret personal diplomacy . |
| 3 | My legacy to my children would be not to try to influence them in any way as to what they should study . |
| 4 | Was there an intention to try to blackmail her in some way as well as Derek ? |
| 5 | Since h(n) is not known during the search we can try to estimate it in some way . |
| 6 | Something of that strange that strangeness and that irony lies behind the famous claim ‘ I will try to express myself in some mode of life for art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can , using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use — silence , exile and cunning . |
| 7 | Did they try to victimize you in any other way ? |
| 8 | But try to implicate me in any way — or use me as a trade-off- and it 'll be added to the police clear-up rate faster than the eye can follow . |
| 9 | It is quite reasonable for someone to draw on specific groups and try to understand particular pieces of action , to use a wider theoretical framework in which to place these actions and try to understand them in this way . |
| 10 | What are your priorities when you try to assess someone in that period of time . |
| 11 | Lowell had tried to form her in that woman 's image . |
| 12 | Fucking useless nowadays trying to find anything in these books . |
| 13 | From what Morse said it looks as though he was trying to flog it in some under-the-counter deal , but I do n't see how it helps us . ’ |
| 14 | A choreographer should translate this definition into dance terms thus : taking the moods , emotions and actions expressed , understood and observed by everyone in general and using natural gestures when applying the rules of choreographic grammar without trying to express them in any other way . |
| 15 | ‘ But the thrust of our approach is to start at home , focusing on one thing at a time rather than confusing ourselves by trying to do everything at once — which is a major reason why 85 per cent of organisations trying to do something in this area fail to get it right . |
| 16 | ‘ Maybe that is true , but I ca n't see how it will deter a side which has superior scrummaging from trying to use it in such a situation ’ , said Ken Rowlands , the WRU director of refereeing . |
| 17 | One minute he was kissing her as if he never wanted it to stop , and the next he was trying to protect her in some cryptic , jaded way from a danger that seemed clear to him but was a mystery to her . |
| 18 | The delicious and time-consuming dishes and sauces they used to make may no longer be possible for them , for many reasons , so there should be no hesitation in trying to interest them in some of the tinned and packet products which may be just as good for them if fresh milk has to be added . |
| 19 | There is no biographical key with which it can be unlocked — and I have not been trying to turn one in this essay of mine , which does not believe it , for that matter , to be locked . |
| 20 | ‘ What were you trying to teach me in this Lord ? ’ |
| 21 | Perhaps there were good reasons for trying to outwit him in this way ? |