Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [adv] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather he asserted and tried to use effectively in the 1760s and 1770s powers which he undoubtedly possessed in theory but which under his predecessors had begun to be whittled away in practice . |
| 2 | He had to wait until nine o'clock to telephone the garage , and he had been told they had no time that morning and would try to get down in the afternoon . |
| 3 | That 's what I try to bring out in the story , and the eyes of the whites ; their penetrating eyes , their hostile eyes . |
| 4 | What I have tried to set out in the last few pages is an understanding of ‘ meaning theism ’ which embraces a rather larger area than Ayer allows for . |
| 5 | With the wisdom of hindsight it is easy to say that they should not have tried to raid there in the first place , but success had bred a certain arrogance . |
| 6 | We come therefore to synthesise the ideas I had tried to put over in the preceding chapters . |
| 7 | ‘ Huh , ’ said Angalo , nonchalantly trying to swivel around in the chair in case any tentacled things with teeth were trying to creep up on him . |
| 8 | She was trying to stand up in the pool but could n't because of the costume . |
| 9 | The room should be very warm and draught-free ; chilled muscles contract , causing a release of adrenalin — something you are trying to soothe away in the first place . |
| 10 | Ken Kessler is an ordinary person trying to get by in the information age . |
| 11 | Ken Kessler is an ordinary person trying to get by in the information age . |