Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A constitutional convention was elected in May 1975 to try to agree on a new form of government but it too ended in failure , leaving the province under direct rule from Whitehall , through the Northern Ireland Office and the continued presence of the army . |
| 2 | He had , in fact , an extremely kind heart , which he tried to hide behind a quick , fierce manner — though this usually deceived no one . |
| 3 | He tried to concentrate on a claim-form but was unable to absorb the information . |
| 4 | ‘ Failure to do so is failing to try to help save a future victim from this scourge of wanton killing . ’ |
| 5 | Failure to do so is failing to try to help save a future victim from the scourge of a wanton killing . ’ |
| 6 | In her day , Mrs Thatcher tried to look like a normal human being and went shopping . |
| 7 | The whore sniffed and tried to walk with a ladylike gait ; she seemed a little drunk and occasionally stopped to pause for breath . |
| 8 | Peter Coni , chairman of the Stewards , announcing the new rules yesterday , criticised a growing number of top crews for entering lesser events at Henley ‘ rather than showing the ambition and confidence to try to win at a higher level ’ . |
| 9 | Indeed Law determined not to try to look like a great man and therein lay the secret this success . |
| 10 | A comedy of errors as Collegians tried to clear from a defensive line out presented McCall with the simplest of scores . |
| 11 | These same people the , even when faced with the blatant facts of their mistakes , still hurl at the hapless retailer who unwittingly sold them the five 3″ goldfish that they tried to cram into a small glass bowl full of raw tapwater . |
| 12 | I tried to change into a different person — shorter hair , a moustache , quiet suits . |
| 13 | Pigs wandered here with bells slung round their necks to show they were the property of the Hospital of St Anthony and could n't be slaughtered Beadles armed with steel-pointed staffs dispersed fowl or curbed the yapping of fierce yellow-haired dogs , whilst bailiffs tried to move on a strange creature dressed like a magpie in black and white rags . |
| 14 | I knew he was there , and that if I tried to move in a certain direction I 'd bump into him . |
| 15 | " Are you — he tried to speak as a real writer would one of my regular readers ? " |
| 16 | tried to cuddle into a foetal position |
| 17 | Given these competing interests , the best he could propose was that the two governments should try to come to a prior understanding concerning each other 's needs and thereby avoid the formal commitments which the US Joint Chiefs feared might paralyse American forces at the start of hostilities . |
| 18 | I can dramatize this by discussing the one time when I did try to aim for a distant target . |
| 19 | And , like a drunk will try to focus on a stationary object to stop him turning , turning , Elisabeth planted a buddleia in her mind and watched as the purple emperors mated on the white tresses . |
| 20 | Finally the th county picked up its responsibility again but the damage had been done and er grass cutting never seems to have recovered in some areas on the that I 'll just try to describe in a few words . |
| 21 | If you try to go through a closed door you may injure yourself ! ) |
| 22 | Much easier for us to deal with a conniving , self-serving bastard like Assad than try to cope with a religious fanatic . |
| 23 | Wasps , defending the only unblemished record in Division One , lacked their usual buzz , but had former England international Huw Davies 's try to thank for a 10–6 win over spirited London Scottish . |
| 24 | Try to arrange for a written record of what has been agreed for the next meeting , so that you can work to an explicit plan . |
| 25 | While non-verbal communication of the kinds described above have a powerful role in underlining , reinforcing or betraying our feelings and aspirations , the moment we try to communicate on a wider scale than inter-personal , we must look at other sign systems to convey meaning . |
| 26 | A place you try to find after a long absence … |
| 27 | Try to visit after a rainy period as the falls are very impressive then . |
| 28 | And try to leave behind a deathless name . |
| 29 | Try to park in a well-lit , preferably busy area . |
| 30 | Try to keep to a regular timetable of waking and sleeping . |