Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] try for [art] " in BNC.

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1 Well I 'll try for a site meeting .
2 At that time , University College had no fellow in mathematics , which was another reason he wanted me to do chemistry : I could try for a scholarship in natural science rather than in mathematics .
3 Elsewhere , you could try for the Long Range Weather Forecasting Agency ( bring your own piece of seaweed ) or the World Bank in Washington , but the growth industries of tax-free living must be in Europe .
4 so i guess you could try for the ‘ lottery ’ ( send a couple of ones in different names ) or try faxing/calling the leeds united ticket office — i guess tickets for our game will be really hard to get items …
5 He was sixty-four now , and no doubt tired , but as soon as we had finished tea he said , " We 'll go down to the river and you can try for a salmon . "
6 well erm , I 'll see if this one 's a boy , probably in a couple of years we might try for a girl , I do n't know
7 You agreed that we could try for the purposes of this program to find out what we could about your criminal record and also about your health records .
8 In 1901 , he accepted the post of Missioner to the Deaf and Dumb in Oxford ; it was here that an undergraduate suggested he should try for a University degree at Oxford , but permission was refused .
9 Recommended remedy : He should try for an appointment with Relate ( ‘ but there is a long waiting list ’ ) or even a local branch of the Catholic Marriage Advisory Council .
10 Almost 70 years ago someone else turned up here , a teacher from Camus 's school , to ask Albert 's mother if he could try for a scholarship to attend high school .
11 But he 'd try for the rest of his life to harm the boy if he could .
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