Example sentences of "try [to-vb] it on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to flog it on the bus |
| 2 | When all is said and done , the attraction of earning a living playing a sport you enjoy is a strong one and it is not hard to understand why some players have to try to make it on the Tour . |
| 3 | Newman had kept the conversation general , fending Evelyn off when she tried to bring it on a more personal basis . |
| 4 | They may try to nail it on the perch again but nobody will believe it is still alive . |
| 5 | Suddenly he 'd arch his back like a twig in a furnace , scraping his stockinged feet for purchase , then take his head in both hands and try to smash it on the floor , only prevented by the cushions . |
| 6 | Try to do it on the cheap , however , and you could get lumbered with a lot of high priced product you simply do n't know how to shift . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , the rural housing problem , which affects most people in the Third World , is so immense that no government has even tried to tackle it on a national scale . |
| 8 | if it 's really tight , slipping the clutch in first and what I 'm trying to do is I 'm trying to control it on the accelerator , you ca n't do it . |
| 9 | he gets fed up trying to get it on the drive |
| 10 | They 're trying to blame it on the parents but you do n't get a set of |