Example sentences of "try [verb] the next " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Inzamam-ul-Haq ducked into his first ball and took it around the shoulder , and while a helmet was being fetched , he tried to pull the next and merely splice it up for a return catch to Malcolm , who later disclosed that , being some way short of the top 100 fielders in the land , he could only murmur , ‘ Oh , my Lord , who 's going to take that catch ? ’ |
| 2 | She could not say it in front of him , nor he in front of her , even though it is probable that he too would prefer to try living the next life differently , without Agnes . |
| 3 | As Bernice tried to read the next line , Ell moved forward and stamped on the creature . |
| 4 | Cutter crews based in the north usually see Fair Isle as a faint blur through misty rain or flying spray , or in darkness and fog as a characteristic shape on the radar screen as they try to beat the next gale to Shetland , or conversely , back to Orkney . |
| 5 | As well as looking messy , this means that trying to find the next step in the process is somewhat disruptive of the reading process , and hence , possibly , to retention of the information . |
| 6 | And as I moved my foot about , like this , trying to find the next rung , I began to realize things were n't quite right . |
| 7 | And I was going like this doing a little dance on the ladder trying to find the next rung and the ladder was doing a little dance on the wall . |
| 8 | Computerworld interprets IBM 's willingness to make public its plans for OS/2 3.0 as the latest advance in the clash with Microsoft Corp : having lost out in the personal computer operating system game , where OS/2 is lagging far behind compared with MS-DOS and Windows , IBM is trying to position the next generation OS/2 competitively against Microsoft 's forthcoming NT operating system . |
| 9 | His mind was n't up to speaking one line while listening to another , and at the same time trying to remember the next move . |
| 10 | All he could feel was his body , trying to anticipate the next touch . |
| 11 | Beyond those possible tasks lies a heavy load of work for the UN in what several Security Council resolutions call ‘ restoring peace and stability to the area ’ — that is , trying to prevent the next Middle East war . |