Example sentences of "try [to-vb] out [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Upon opening the Carlton Standard 's case , and after being initially overjoyed that I was n't looking at yet another Strat derivative , I must admit that my aesthetic values were backed into a corner while I tried to work out exactly what I was looking at . |
| 2 | No wonder their coach Tony Rodgers could scarcely restrain a grin at the end as a cluster of Northampton committee men tried to work out why they had also travelled with little sense of direction , wit , wisdom or work rate . |
| 3 | I tried to work out why we have more success in the Fourballs than the Foursomes , but I could n't come up with a solution . |
| 4 | While her hands were busy rooting the ingredients out of their packs , Jezrael tried to work out just how she did feel about the Magyar , but that was a niggling discomfort blunted by the stone weight of her worry about Chesarynth — and about Antoine . |
| 5 | And as my ribs heaved agonizingly and my leg muscles protested , I tried to work out just how many miles we had run . |
| 6 | David tried to work out just when Carole would return . |
| 7 | However , when scientists first tried to work out how life on Earth got started , they had to perfect their understanding of the original primeval gases , and whether and how such gases changed their nature . |
| 8 | I always tried to work out how many mating pairs we had . |
| 9 | If there are a lot of special conditions , they are generally there for a reason , and one has to try to work out why . |
| 10 | A year I had all the symptoms and I went and got a book and read about it and tried to find out as much possible about it and the book scared me silly because it told me all these things that could happen |
| 11 | These standards vary both between cultures and within a culture over time — part of the sociologist 's ( and the historian 's ) job is to try to find out why . |
| 12 | I suppose I wrote King Rat to try to find out why I survived and 14 out of 15 others did n't make it . |
| 13 | The purpose of this study is to collaborate with a similar research group in Paris to try to find out why these differences occur . |
| 14 | The Police are waiting to interview the survivors of the Dorset canoe tragedy in hospital to try to find out why four teenagers died . |
| 15 | In a survey of student activities one almost insuperable problem was to try to find out how many hours a week various sorts of students spent on ‘ practical work ’ . |
| 16 | The health and housing committee agreed to ask the North Wales Euro MP , Joe Wilson , to try to find out how other European countries tackle the problem . |
| 17 | I have to be honest and admit that I accepted the invitation to dinner to try to find out once and for all if you were involved with Martin , but that was because I needed to know , needed to prove your innocence , because I was falling in love with you . |
| 18 | Naval intelligence , with the help of MI6 , immediately mounted a major operation against the Sverdlov and sent frogmen to inspect her hull in order to try to find out as much as possible about her underwater design , the shape of her propellers and any sonar equipment . |
| 19 | Laura found herself repeatedly hurt by accusations in the press that they had become ‘ tax exiles ’ and tried to point out how the decision to live abroad had , on the contrary , been forced on them by their peripatetic lifestyle on the one hand and fear of punitive estate duty rates on the other . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , I own nothing , as I tried to point out long ago , but there you go . |
| 21 | ‘ I go to work early , ’ he replied , getting irritated as he tried to figure out how to switch on a standard lamp . |
| 22 | At Garrigues , most of us tried to hold out as long as possible , preferring constipation to the risks of having a crap . |
| 23 | In consternation , she tried to make out why the hard , grim mouth had become so appealing . |
| 24 | Do n't try to go out backwards unless there is ample space for the glider to go straight through . |
| 25 | From his local library he got photocopies of the maps of his district for 1811 , 1843 and 1871 ; he 'd sit there and try to work out how the changes in the maps related to the view at night ; where the darkness of rookeries , courts and tenements had been replaced with the darkness of lampless parks and public gardens . |
| 26 | If they knew they 'd never try to find out why , but would drive her out there and then . |
| 27 | Your son 's teacher should be able to refer him to an educational psychologist who 'll try to find out why he acts as he does , and how he can be helped . |
| 28 | I should n't close my eyes , I should try to find out more . ’ |
| 29 | Chewing on her lip in thought , she finally set off towards the ten-gallon drums , reasoning that she might as well try to find out as much as possible while she was here , and run like hell when the time came . |
| 30 | The investigations are continuing as police try to find out exactly who organised the event . |