Example sentences of "try [to-vb] a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But one tried to put a good face on it and keep them to oneself . |
| 2 | She says : ‘ I tried to have a good marriage , be a good mother and have a career . |
| 3 | Try to obtain a good quality plug , preferably gold-plated , to replace the existing one . |
| 4 | 1 Try to ensure a good night 's sleep . |
| 5 | Christians in particular have trouble with this part of the grief response because so often it seems that Christians are not meant to be angry — especially when the feeling is commonly directed towards God personally , as it were : ‘ I try to live a good life and see what He has let happen … |
| 6 | He practises what he has always preached — respect and tolerance for people of whatever religion , who try to live a good life by their own creed . |
| 7 | Ice cool Dr Apps said of their big night out : ‘ It will be a bit boring but we 'll take a walkman and try to get a good night 's sleep . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The idea is to make it easier and try to get a good picture of how they feel about their own health . |
| 9 | Sing and try to have a good night 's sleep . |
| 10 | And the other point made by the consumer adviser is try to have a good look at what you 've chosen before you walk out of the shop . |
| 11 | What I mean by that is er try to have a good look at what you 've chosen before you walk out the shop . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's great news for us but now we have to concentrate on the football and try to achieve a good result , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Deborah feels she is lucky in having a mother who has deliberately tried to encourage a good self-image . |
| 14 | Any thought in his mind of trying to protect a good score will rarely be successful ; he must meet the challenge squarely or drop shots . |
| 15 | ‘ Guy Ferris , the photographer , gave up trying to get a good shot of me in the end . |
| 16 | And perhaps most fundamental of all , we have to try to live and teach according to our ideals , and to promote them , whilst at the same time trying to make a good career within a system that seems at many points to be based on quite antagonistic values . |