Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was only when Raine , now 62 , decided the sightings were upset-ting her ailing husband that she decided to try to kill off the spook . |
| 2 | As I lay back on my bed I tried to work out the connection between him and the British Empire and Fresnes gaol , but could make nothing of it . |
| 3 | Playing with the selectors challenged my mathematics as I tried to work out the exact number of available tones , but let's just say there should be something here for virtually every style of player . |
| 4 | Laura frowned , glancing swiftly up at his tanned features , and she tried to work out the family ramifications . |
| 5 | It was alleged that Moin tried to scuff up the pitch — but England officials said yesterday that they would not study the video . |
| 6 | There are already plenty of pointers and anomalies , and I 'd like to go through them with you to try to sift out the red herrings and give due precedence to the important facts . |
| 7 | Surprisingly , only Roger E Bryan tried to conjure up the real Neil Kinnock , now unsuppressed by his minders and able to give full rein to his natural prolixity : ‘ I am full of hate , spite , yes malice and rage/Or even loathing , disgust , rancour , venom and wrath … |
| 8 | Sometimes , when she had been to a romantic film , or had been kissed good-night by Pogo , she had sat on the edge of her bed , staring at that dark , handsome , boy 's face and tried to conjure up the memory of his living presence . |
| 9 | Staring at his back , she tried to conjure up the image of him lover-like , tender , and failed . |
| 10 | Ted resumed the operation of the cabin and tried to shake off the depressing atmosphere that now pervaded the small room . |
| 11 | Resolutely she tried to shake off the memories , but they persisted . |
| 12 | She tried to shake off the feelings but it was sheer impossibility and he smiled down at her . |
| 13 | At first , they tried to pull off the dogs with their hands and then used their truncheons . |
| 14 | First he scratched away the plaster , then he tried to pull out the bricks . |
| 15 | Second , identifying other people 's best practices gives you the benefit of their knowledge and experience ; you do n't have to try to work out the best way of performing a particular task — you just learn from whoever is already doing it that way . |
| 16 | In the summer of 1306 there took place at Montreuil the first of a series of meetings ( ‘ processes ’ ) between French and English representatives to try to work out the legal position of the lands held by the English in Aquitaine . |
| 17 | The Overseas Development Minister , Lynda Chalker , is to visit Russia to try to work out the best way to distribute British emergency food supplies . |
| 18 | With everyone else gone Tonks had to fend for himself so he tried to find out the truth . |
| 19 | She had agreed to this dinner to try to find out the truth , and she must n't allow the attraction she felt for him to cloud that . |
| 20 | He tried to open out the conversation . |
| 21 | Just as he had had the nerve to try to pick up the casting director at his first audition , so he had the taste and — in sociological terms — the cheek to seek out the stylish and lovely Nina Bawden , later the novelist . |
| 22 | At the age of 67 , he probably felt it was too late to try to pick up the pieces . |
| 23 | She , Claudia , would have to try to pick up the pieces , and that would n't be easy . |
| 24 | He tried to set up the League of Princes , an international peace-keeping force aimed primarily against the Turks , and the exhibition shows the route of the journeys he made to other countries to promote the idea . |
| 25 | Almost invariably , I ended up each year in front of the Star Chamber of ministers who were set up under the chairmanship of Willie Whitelaw to try to sort out the differences which remained between ministers and the Chief Secretary . |
| 26 | Finally , the staff of the clinic is completed by a social worker , whose role it is to try to sort out the non-medical problems that often go hand-in-hand with any infections . |
| 27 | There is evidence of criminality and psychotic behaviour in some hyper-kinetics when they reach adulthood , so it is advisable to try to sort out the problem sooner rather than later . |
| 28 | Sir Colin flies back to England later this week to try to sort out the storm over the Pakistanis . |
| 29 | If centre staff have any problems , they can telephone the section ; staff will be happy to try to sort out the problems . |
| 30 | In general there was concern to protect the security of their own providers in the first year , to try to sort out the information base for contracting and setting up appropriate systems . |