Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [prep] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part of the secret , as I tried to demonstrate in the last chapter , is the way in which we discuss again and again our ideas and proposals up and down the company , continuously adjusting , altering and probing our positions until , at last , we reach a conclusion which we can all accept and work to . |
| 2 | As harvest time was drawing to a close and autumn would soon be upon them , Tamar admitted what she had tried to deny for the last few weeks . |
| 3 | Jeffrey : I think that lesbians and gay men have been very creative in the sort of relationships they have tried to develop over the last fifteen years — because it 's very easy simply to copy the models which we are presented with . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been trying to go for the last half-hour , ’ he whispered , ‘ but you wo n't let go of my neck ! ’ |
| 5 | I 've been trying to sleep for the last half-hour , and I ca n't . |