Example sentences of "try and [verb] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was tempting to try and do too much on one short visit to the Falklands . |
| 2 | Here it is much more feasible for feminists to try and intervene more formally by criticizing existing sources , and by creating their own alternatives . |
| 3 | When dealing with regression to an earlier stage in this lifetime , I like to try and go back initially to a relatively happy time in the patient 's life . |
| 4 | So it 's going over the same ground but from the different er different emphasis because clearly my mistake last week was to try and cram in too much and to erm assume that what I was saying about modern sex theory was erm self-evident . |
| 5 | However , there was an entrance fee and I was beyond the stage of paying those so I decided to try and shelter somewhere else . |
| 6 | I did in December but it was not relative to any of the specifications it was simply to try and ascertain how long the contract was was still live , to find out get this guy |
| 7 | Finally , I decided to try and find out more about cognitive linguistics . |
| 8 | I had to try and live on less than £18 a week . |
| 9 | This causes the contestant to try and get even closer to the opponent 's face with subsequent jabs , in order to pick up that elusive score . |
| 10 | so I 'm gon na have to try and get up early tomorrow and get a definite appointment with doctor if |
| 11 | And at the moment there is considerable er research effort being directed to try and work out just how much more carbon dioxide the ocean will continue to absorb . |
| 12 | But in the sweet and gentle light of day , she began to face herself , to think back over the conversation she had with ‘ Miguelito ’ , and to try and work out just how besotted she had sounded to him . |
| 13 | I 'll try and pick up alright . |
| 14 | I do n't know much about marathon running and I shall try and stick as close to Mota as possible . |
| 15 | Do n't try and get up straight . |
| 16 | Shall I try and get up early tomorrow and start the car ? |
| 17 | Then , yeah , we 'll just try and get through today . |
| 18 | In the early years of married life , a couple may try and establish as wide a social network as possible and , then , in later life if they feel that it is sufficient , they may ask relatives to be godparents , thus reaffirming existing kinship ties , rather than extending the network further . |
| 19 | Okay let's let's er try and illustrate once again . |
| 20 | I 'll try and nip up there tomorrow , if not I 'll have to go on Monday I do n't think any , I do n't think run away , what will Monday 's date be , the ninth ? oh well There are those new Chronicles that have got to come out |
| 21 | So you might have to try and a try and find out again . |
| 22 | Spouses who know that the way they behave will affect their partners ' chances of getting a job should try and find out beforehand what is expected of them . |
| 23 | He might try and come down again |
| 24 | Hello erm I could n't get on the line yesterday , so I thought I 'd try and ring in today . |
| 25 | Let us now try and define rather more precisely the type of device that we are considering . |
| 26 | But I was there , he had but they never had one before that , and Barry had erm , erm does it all before you and erm cos I try and go up there swing like this . |
| 27 | Try and get around tomorrow . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , try and get here early . |
| 29 | When you try and take away more than you 've got . |
| 30 | Er , I sorry , , just clearing my throat , er , I did , I did delegate if somebody put it on the end of somebody 's assignment , then I to it , but I tend to find I underestimate what people can do for me all the time , and do n't identify just how much those people can give me back , and I did , or I do have a tendency at times to give people like before , to hold on too much , try and do too much myself , and er , you ca n't do it that way in case . |