Example sentences of "and try [adv] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | I might have guessed , ’ and then he uttered a string of oaths , so oddly at variance with his usual smooth and civilised manner and appearance that Sally-Anne shivered and tried again to pull away from him , but he held her more tightly than ever . |
2 | Mollified , if not entirely convinced , Vincent went back to Mauve and tried hard to knuckle down . |
3 | If you get stuck in submissiveness you will often seek forgiveness and try endlessly to make up for what you have done ! |
4 | One is a track side scene : five white runners and two black limbering up , shrugging shoulders , stretching legs and trying desperately to loosen up in an intensifying ambience ; sitting on the grass some way away from the main group is a black guy awaiting his call to marks ; while the others shuffle about nervously , he remains casually sitting , seemingly unoccupied with the imminent race as he nonchalantly sharpens the spikes of his running shoes with a nail file . |
5 | So far from craving for crumpets I was firmly resisting repatriation and trying hard to stay where I was ; the kindness of friends enabled me to do so . |