Example sentences of "try get [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adventurous Spartan generals — Kleomenes , Pausanias the Regent , Brasidas , Lysander — tried to get extra soldiers from the nearest source , their own country 's helots . |
| 2 | In 1988 , when a Conservative backbencher , Robert Adley , tried to get diplomatic relations restored , Foreign Office ministers briefed him on British preconditions . |
| 3 | Mr Samuel Skinner , the secretary of transport , will be in Europe later this month to try to get foreign carriers and governments to foot some of the bill for the new bomb-detecting machines . |
| 4 | Dealers would try to get other dealers sacked from rival firms , even if they had worked with them once . |
| 5 | ‘ We try to get decent venues , good DJs , and make sure that people enjoy themselves . |
| 6 | Feminist psychology tries to get round women 's occasional lower scores on such traits by suggesting how , with the right experience and environment , they could measure up to the male-oriented norms . |
| 7 | But let's talk for a moment about how one actually tries to get low temperatures . |
| 8 | We are trying to get Salvadorean women to start asking questions about the role society has traditionally assigned then , . |
| 9 | They had two children , the son , a motor engineer was forever trying to get old motorbikes to function , his greasy overalls being quite out of tune with the cleanliness of mother 's shop . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , Essex Euro MP Anne McIntosh said she was trying to get American Airlines to change its mind about withdrawing from Stansted . |