Example sentences of "try [to-vb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some organizations it is futile to try to implement an idea-handling procedure of any kind . |
| 2 | A further court case , in which Lothar Neethling from the forensic laboratory , now a lieutenant-general and number three in the South African Police , tried to sue a newspaper for calling him a poisoner , showed Coetzee to be a reliable and accurate witness . |
| 3 | The swarm struck after Jack Ibbs tried to swat a queen bee from his cab in a lay-by in Upavon , Wilts . |
| 4 | In 1913 Lord Selborne tried to mount a campaign against the sale of honours but he had a lukewarm response : Salisbury thought it would not achieve anything useful , Lansdowne urged that the views of the party organizers should be sought , and Law urged him " not to obscure the Marconi issue " . |
| 5 | About 60 Kurdish refugees tried to mount a demonstration in Terminal 2 but were led away by police who said it was illegal under airport by-laws . |
| 6 | He ran both hands up into the roots of her hair , which she happened to be wearing down , and tried to plant a kiss on her forehead . |
| 7 | Rostov walked a little way off , squatted on his heels on the grass , and tried to pretend a calm he did not feel . |
| 8 | Some Boards tried to preserve a sense of identity , basing districts on pre-nationalisation undertakings ( encouraging rivalry between them ) , while others aimed to blur old loyalties in merged districts , and encouraged increased cooperation between them . |
| 9 | During 1740 the First Lord of the Admiralty , with Walpole 's support , tried to carry a bill to create a national register of sea-faring men from which suitable recruits could be sought in time of crisis , but it was denounced by the Opposition as being akin to slavery and thrown out . |
| 10 | I could see he was n't the type to try to seduce a virgin . |
| 11 | A pensioner is in hospital with serious burns after her house exploded as she tried to light a gas fire . |
| 12 | Owen , equally alarmed , was content to let it rest like that while he tried to see a way through the likely complications . |
| 13 | tried to borrow a bike for us so that we could bike round , but when she |
| 14 | During 1990 Hoylake withdrew its bid for BAT , partly because of problems encountered with the US regulatory authorities when it tried to arrange a buyer for BAT 's US insurance business . |
| 15 | Early in the Algerian War Camus tried to arrange a truce , but after the failure of this initiative and the disappearance of any middle ground between the FLN-led Muslims and the French pieds noirs , he maintained a besieged mentality . |
| 16 | Scott tried to arrange a counter address to Palmerston and obtained eighteen or nineteen names , but ‘ the Gothic architects did not come forward in sufficient force to make it worth while ’ . |
| 17 | When in 92 B.C. somebody tried to establish a school of eloquence in Latin — presumably to serve some popularis cause — the censors of the day were firmly against it ; they declared themselves in favour of Greek , as against Latin , rhetoric ( Suet . |
| 18 | I tried to write a speech last year and I made a right mess of it , so this year I 'm gon na speak from the heart , because I might get a boo like the leader of the council here , I install water meters . |
| 19 | Er they tried to write a rider to bypass it completely , but I do n't know whether that is sound . |
| 20 | From the very beginnings of the ‘ life preparation ’ course , we tried to write an independence curriculum , and to follow the principles of ‘ normalisation ’ . |
| 21 | That is an example of an institution joining the Government to try to provide a solution to a serious problem . |
| 22 | I do not propose at this stage to try to provide an answer . |
| 23 | Saint Gobain took a substantial share in Olivetti to try to cement a tie between Cii-Honeywell Bull and the big Italian multinational . |
| 24 | Hank decided that , in this instance , honesty was the only policy possible and had said frankly that he wanted to try to write a book . |
| 25 | The sense of effort in his conversation staggered her , and she watched him with pity , for he laboured as though he were to try to write a sonnet , and all the while the conversation was predestined , unnecessary , a mere coin of payment . |
| 26 | Lisa 's letter inspired me to try to write a verse on the subject ( not very good , but here it is ) |
| 27 | Mr Nicholas tried to obtain an order from the court for the purchase of his shares in Magnetics or that the company be wound up . |
| 28 | The matter came to the Chancery Division where B and L tried to obtain an injunction restraining the receivers from selling any more property until the question of the disputed remuneration had been settled ( see Rottenberg & Others v Monjack & Another , The Times , 2 July 1992 ) . |
| 29 | Teacher training also tried to provide a methodology and techniques to deal with rural multi-grade schools , which require different skills from those in single grade teaching . |
| 30 | What is indisputable is that the Meiji government , having abolished the official status system of the Tokugawa , tried to impose a permutation of the Tokugawa social ethos , and this ideal sought a fusion of social structure and social morality . |