Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [noun sg] for [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Christmas trees , and I have two small children that to try to sustain Christmas for three or four days is very difficult , to do it for three months is impossible ! |
| 2 | He went on to propose a Rainbow Curriculum — without actually reading it first — which tried to teach tolerance for all , but in the process had to discuss homosexuality with kids of eight . |
| 3 | But , as Mao grew increasingly suspicious of and isolated from more distinguished revolutionary veterans , he turned increasingly to his secretary for help as he tried to rally support for more radical , leftist policies . |
| 4 | One problem for the Virginia planters was that tobacco could be grown in England ; James I agreed to help the company by making tobacco-growing illegal in England and , although people broke the law and tried to raise tobacco for much of the rest of the century , the American monopoly was eventually made effective . |
| 5 | Some would like to smoke , but that is absolutely out : a fire at Buckingham Palace while it tries to raise money for fire-gutted Windsor Castle would not be amusing . |
| 6 | I 've been trying to spot room for that |
| 7 | Wet through again I wandered about inside the house touching pictures , clocks , trying to feel loss for these things , but it would n't come this time — that sense that had been with me since the reading of Francis 's Will had vanished . |