Example sentences of "try do this [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had an idea that I should make a show of dignity and tried to do this by looking straight ahead , as if the crowds moving up and down the platform were beneath my notice . |
| 2 | We tried to do this in Hills ( 1990 ) . |
| 3 | You may try to do this by defining or explaining racism in terms which are specific to these two instances , but which also count you out . |
| 4 | If you have any choice in the matter , try to do this on the south-facing side , and as the bud will grow out to the south , rows should lie east-west , so that the shoots grow out into the row space , and not into each other . |
| 5 | In asking questions , therefore , try to do this in an uncritical way and do not present ones to which there is a simple answer of ‘ yes ’ or ‘ no ’ . |
| 6 | We try to do this by inviting proposers to nominate their own referees — not many — one or two will usually suffice . |
| 7 | Indeed , some insurance companies have tried to do this by requiring prior approval for treatment . |
| 8 | Indeed , some insurance companies have tried to do this by requiring prior approval for treatment . |
| 9 | You might be trying to do this via their thoughts , beliefs , attitudes , feelings or by directly attempting to influence their behaviour . |
| 10 | Well surely we 're trying to do this in the way of neighbourhood watch |
| 11 | Erm , because the governments are trying to protect domestic industries through and erm , they are trying to do this by actually physically blocking imports so domestic consumers have to , have to buy from domestic producers rather than from abroad to stop the domestic industry declining . |