Example sentences of "and try [to-vb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 But Yanek , the youngest grandson , tried and tried to remember what the sun-god had told him to do .
2 Preston stumbled out of bed and tried to give her a hug , but she fought him off as if it was an attack .
3 He shifted uncomfortably and tried to give her a reassuring grin .
4 Someone came to the shop and tried to sell him an old cross with paste stones in it .
5 We jumped out and met him at the rear of the vehicle and tried to show him a letter of introduction from the Algerian Ambassador to Britain , Lakhdar Brahimi .
6 I 'll keep the coffee hot and try to save you a biscuit or two .
7 To try and work out why some ways of organising nursing care make it easier to give care which suits the needs of individual clients , we shall look at four commonly used delivery systems and try to identify who the real client(s) might be for each of them .
8 If you find yourself prey to regular bad night terrors , it might be worthwhile talking the problem through with a counsellor , trained in dream analysis , to look at the imagery and try to discover what the messages are for you , what your fears are all about .
9 Keep the arms straight and try to raise them a little higher with each count .
10 Rainbow gets the show back on the road , and tries to give herself a little holiday from auntly interventions by searching the radio bands for a local traffic report .
11 He recognizes that it might be regarded in a pejorative sense as indicating a readiness to compromise and to accept something inferior , but he uses the term , nevertheless , for the want of a better word and tries to give it a different connotation .
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