Example sentences of "try do [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I try to do in this book is to show that faith is reasonable . |
| 2 | What I have tried to do in this book is to tell how he did it . |
| 3 | What I have tried to do in this chapter is to suggest a way of looking at towns as though they were a special kind of landscape — as indeed they are — to get behind the guide-books and the individual buildings to the secret history of these places : to draw attention to what I think are some of the significant bits of urban landscape that point the way into this secret history . |
| 4 | But otherwise it 's basically I think it 's , it 's all there , all you 're trying to do at this stage is , is to give , your aim here is to get is to get firstly , first of all , to get it on the diary , on the picture editor 's diary for your picture , and also to get the basic information in so that somebody can write a few cards as an advance to say it is going to happen . |
| 5 | Whereas what we 're trying to do with this new definition of quality now is get the idea of conformance with requirements . |
| 6 | The very limited opportunities for disabled people to take part in all forms of the arts as spectators , creators or participants raises questions about whether or not we are an oppressed and marginalised subgroup and what we might be trying to do about this . |
| 7 | So you see what I 've been , what I 've been trying to do in this lecture is to explain the , the modern biological basis which I think makes Freud 's findings intelligent . |