Example sentences of "try [to-vb] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , we 're going to try to provide the first steps towards uniformity . |
| 2 | She held the envelope to the light , squinting at it with one eye while she tried to read the first paragraph . |
| 3 | As Bernice tried to read the next line , Ell moved forward and stamped on the creature . |
| 4 | ( If you tried to swap the last column of a table without doing so you would jumble up your text ) |
| 5 | Sweden tried to take the first initiative only two days after the ending of the Maudling negotiations , inviting other states to send representatives to Stockholm to discuss how their trade policies might be better coordinated . |
| 6 | In later years he was once asked whether he , who was shy , was anguished when forced to go out visiting homes in Liverpool and to try to make the first touch with a strange family . |
| 7 | Cutter crews based in the north usually see Fair Isle as a faint blur through misty rain or flying spray , or in darkness and fog as a characteristic shape on the radar screen as they try to beat the next gale to Shetland , or conversely , back to Orkney . |
| 8 | Conference organisers may well be cutting their own throats in the long run if they try to wring the last penny ( or cent ) out of the latest bandwagons . |
| 9 | And as I moved my foot about , like this , trying to find the next rung , I began to realize things were n't quite right . |
| 10 | And I was going like this doing a little dance on the ladder trying to find the next rung and the ladder was doing a little dance on the wall . |
| 11 | As well as looking messy , this means that trying to find the next step in the process is somewhat disruptive of the reading process , and hence , possibly , to retention of the information . |
| 12 | Computerworld interprets IBM 's willingness to make public its plans for OS/2 3.0 as the latest advance in the clash with Microsoft Corp : having lost out in the personal computer operating system game , where OS/2 is lagging far behind compared with MS-DOS and Windows , IBM is trying to position the next generation OS/2 competitively against Microsoft 's forthcoming NT operating system . |
| 13 | Since then he had been trying to write the second book . |
| 14 | His mind was n't up to speaking one line while listening to another , and at the same time trying to remember the next move . |
| 15 | If you were skilled the card flew to the back of the pavement and the next player threw , trying to cover the first card with his . |
| 16 | The term he had spent at school trying to understand the first thing about physics had been wasted . |
| 17 | Or you could be sensible and stop trying to squeeze the last drop of current from the transformer ! |
| 18 | I found myself fronting various current affairs programmes , striving for impeccable balance when the wily professional politicians were at loggerheads in the studio , each trying to have the last word and score the final point . |
| 19 | Barns were supposed to have hay in them — they did in the movies — where the hero could hide while the baddies , with a total disregard for blood poisoning or spread HIV , jabbed a pitchfork in and out like a demented barman trying to get the last maraschino out of the bottle . |
| 20 | Well as usual we could n't remember the last time you came , I was trying to think the last time |
| 21 | All he could feel was his body , trying to anticipate the next touch . |