Example sentences of "try and [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a lot we can do , I think , to help the community in a wider sense , and I see that as one of the key elements of my work , to try and make that work . |
| 2 | But if she thinks it 's worth the risk , then it 's up to you to try and contain that risk — make sure there 's nothing to trip over , and that someone who can react quickly is on hand to give tactful support where necessary . |
| 3 | Er and I suppose the great you know lesson of social sciences in , in some ways if it 's , if it 's for anything it ought to be to try and avoid that kind of disaster , because erm if we understood ourselves better we might you know in the future try and avoid that thing because we just would n't attempt if , if that was n't an attempt to be . |
| 4 | I mean , in the long run their both , they both give the same outcome , alright , but farmers want to try and avoid that variability of income , alright , so they 'll much prefer to , instead of having , you know , they probably prefer erm , a certain income of forty pounds rather than erm , an equal chance of getting one hundred pounds or zero . |
| 5 | Doctors , G Ps , nurses , pharmacists , dentists , they 're all under attack and you 're just part of the effort to try and repel that attack , all the way round . |
| 6 | It 's also standards , like the poor receptionist , she says , you know like yesterday , she 's trying to put a call through , , and it did n't get through , she says I 've got to try and answer that phone within four rings . |
| 7 | It was like a valedictory speech , possibly the last big statement he would utter as Leader of the Opposition , the opportunity to deliver a personal justification of what he did to try and ensure that Labour 's values joined together with the popular vote to save the party from the political wilderness . |
| 8 | So , the object of that part of the project is to try and address that issue , to try and make sure that N V Ss build up their links with environmental groups . |
| 9 | I think the most important thing is to try and find that gap in the market that is not well trodden by a lot of other people — to find something which you can do which is different from all the rest of them . |
| 10 | The er it 's actually giving light out , but if you were to try and grasp that light in your hand , you could n't . |
| 11 | I think , obviously you 've you 've got your own organization , your own professional standards and things , I think they need to be developed and , more importantly , promoted themselves to the public , and then , to take it a bit further and to try and escape that straitjacket which I think which in this country particularly all public servants are limited by . |
| 12 | To try and escape that kind of straitjacket and to speak out . |
| 13 | With respect er I was n't paying too much attention to er to what was being said in as much as this possibly sounds negative but our concern is not for what people are shouting at us our concern is for whether we 've got a threat er in a particular area , in this case the bedroom , and whether we can try and sort that threat out before somebody is injured . |
| 14 | Try and get that drink drunk . |
| 15 | Talk through each one , and try and get that sample good luck . |
| 16 | Er and I suppose the great you know lesson of social sciences in , in some ways if it 's , if it 's for anything it ought to be to try and avoid that kind of disaster , because erm if we understood ourselves better we might you know in the future try and avoid that thing because we just would n't attempt if , if that was n't an attempt to be . |
| 17 | That 's what I 'm saying , if , if , if , a a we hope you 're never in the situation but if you was describing that man , try and describe that man as honestly , honestly and as best as you can do n't say , if I say to you oh did he have jeans on ? |
| 18 | try and achieve that objective . |