Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain has one of the largest black populations in the Western world , yet magazines seem to try to appeal only to the white mainstream . |
| 2 | He tried to sit casually on the edge of his desk , farted loudly and stood up again . |
| 3 | These had probably been caused as Trixie tried to pull away from the heater . |
| 4 | Not given to self-pity , he heaved the problem out of his mind and tried to look forward to the challenges of tomorrow , but weariness overtook him and he retired to the shed and his mothy sleeping bag . |
| 5 | Francis hugged Elaine and tried to shrink further into the shadows beneath the screens . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She in turn tried to get away from the bird , but was so firmly strapped into the chair that she was unable to move . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ He has fudged and shaded , and tried to get away from the fact that he made specific statements and those statements were wrong . |
| 9 | They 're not very flattering they did n't er , you were n't rated very highly I 'm afraid I think er you tried to get away from the traditional type of |
| 10 | Mark : I certainly identify with the attitude of a contradiction between my one-to-one relationships and the image of what should happen to try to get away from the heterosexual attitude to relationships . |
| 11 | It was too cold to stand and stare , and the wind kept buffeting us dangerously each time we tried to gaze across at the Ocean . |
| 12 | ‘ So far comments from Com Tech and MUA suggest that SCO will still be sold by both companies , but neither tried to shy away from the fact that their decisions will hurt SCO . |
| 13 | A bishop should be a leader and I will try to work together with the members of the dioceseabout women priests . |
| 14 | Although Marian and Allen had not passed north of the Swamp in the night the Leader thought it probable that they might try to do so during the day . |
| 15 | I must try to keep away from the area of preparation . |
| 16 | Unless you have a great deal of spare height , do not try to fly right round the field . |
| 17 | But before I take up that theme let me try to get closer to the ground . |
| 18 | I did n't consciously try to get close to the original sound , but I think my style has always been fairly close to Eric 's anyway , plus I generally use a Strat in the studio . |
| 19 | This means that teachers must try to think simultaneously about the attainment targets and the statements of attainment within the levels . |
| 20 | Well we try to span right over the range of science . |
| 21 | During the 28-Day Programme try to stick strictly to the menus listed within the diet . |
| 22 | The form can be made more flexible in English , ( the translator of Bashó0 has bent the rules considerably ) because it does not possess the same internal formal necessity as it would in Japanese , but try to stick roughly to the proposed number of syllables . |
| 23 | Scruton offers us an articulate perspective on the attractions of conservatism for those who , fearing social change and the future , try to hold firmly onto the past . |
| 24 | He would work more overtime and try to get home for the winter . |
| 25 | ‘ Each time I fight , I try to bring more to the table and I 'm looking forward to this fight to show people just what I can do . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The book itself tries to exist away from the markers in the margins , yet ca n't seem to live up to the chapter heading promises . |
| 28 | ‘ If the LBS has tried to get away from the British ‘ crumpled suit ’ image with him , ’ Bloch says , ‘ then , boy , has it succeeded . |
| 29 | In times past , I had tried to get across to the continent as much as possible , but now , while other people were going abroad for the first time because of all the cheap travel around , I was ( without intending to be anti-social ) doing exactly the opposite and taking a look around the British Isles . |
| 30 | Marx tries to get away from the idea of private property when discussing pre-capitalist social systems by using the phrase ‘ appropriation of nature ’ but in doing so he uses a word with the same root as ‘ property ’ . |