Example sentences of "try [to-vb] for [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If … if , though , she does n't let you stay with them , then Mother will try to arrange for you some place else . |
| 2 | Some say — Vic has overheard them saying it — that he tries to compensate for his short stature by his aggressive manner . |
| 3 | IF ENGLAND qualify for the semi-finals of the seventh World Cup at Lahore next February , they will have a three-day rest before trying to qualify for their second successive World Cup final . |
| 4 | IF England qualify for the semi-finals of the seventh World Cup at Lahore next February , they will have a three-day rest before trying to qualify for their second successive World Cup final . |
| 5 | When the delegates from Western literature meet on the first day to pray for their existence , there is an attempted disruption of the ceremony by Muslim fundamentalists who claim to object to the Christian format of the proceedings , but , as we later discover , their real target is the elusive Gibreel Farishta whom they are trying to punish for his heretical views . |