Example sentences of "and try [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If your clothes catch fire , grab the nearest large cloth — rug , tablecloth , towel — and try to smother the fire . |
| 2 | Why not be progressive and try to take the game to new areas of the world ? |
| 3 | I sit on a bench and re-read the morning paper , and try to do the crossword in my head . |
| 4 | Instead of meandering up a path to the top , chatting amicably to a pal about how George Michael used to be good in Wham and passing round the butterscotch , they choose a cliff and try to reach the summit by slowly inching their way up vertical rock , pushing their fingers into tiny fissures and standing with one toe on a ledge the size of a pebble . |
| 5 | Get across there and try to wake the Putts , Seb . |
| 6 | Undoubtedly , if two persons enter into an arrangement for the sale of any particular property , and try to settle the terms , but can not agree , and after dispute and discussion respecting the price , they say , " We will refer this question of price to AB , he shall settle it " , and thereupon they agree that the matter shall be referred to his arbitration , that would appear to be an " arbitration " , in the proper sense of the term … ; but if they agree to a price to be fixed by another , that does not appear to me to be an arbitration . |
| 7 | In your language learning always pay attention to the rhythm and try to mimic the language helper as accurately as you can . |
| 8 | We might , of course , do the opposite , and try to explain the depictions of temples on coins or patterns of coin loss from our knowledge of surviving temples or official statistics for the money supply , but in this case we would be using coins as secondary evidence and not as a primary source of new information . |
| 9 | Stoessl says : ‘ The inquiry does n't have to justify the polls , but to look into the way they 're done and try to explain the discrepancies . |
| 10 | Investigate the recent histories of these countries and try to explain the patterns . |
| 11 | If a contract is silent on a particular matter , judges will usually imply terms and try to give the contract business efficacy . |
| 12 | Be friendly and try to give the impression that you are a person of integrity who knows his or her own mind , and are not likely to abandon a deal half-way through . |
| 13 | Whatever container is used , always provide good compost , and try to give the plant plenty of root-room . |
| 14 | If you want to go back to basics and try to assess the sort of person you are , and the kind of working environment best suited to you , then there are a number of exercises you can do with an honest friend . |
| 15 | Inspect and open all kitchen units and try to glimpse the wall surfaces that they cover for signs of damp . |
| 16 | Although the draftsman may never see the lease again once it has been executed , others will have to live with it and try to manage the property according to its terms . |
| 17 | Cover one eye and try to touch the pencil with your hand . |
| 18 | If you 've been gossiping about someone , go to those you gossiped to and try to restore the person 's reputation . |
| 19 | Do you genuinely and sincerely investigate customer complaints and try to eradicate the causes ? |
| 20 | In any case , if Siward knew fresh forces were coming , you 'd expect him either to gather his forces and try to reverse the battle quickly , or to muster them in the forest and get away before the rest of the enemy could arrive . ’ |
| 21 | Sometimes I would hold her lightly by the finger-tips and try to steer the conversation to matters of the heart , but she would blush and her beautiful eyes look down . |
| 22 | Read these stories and try to answer the questions as briefly as possible . |
| 23 | Read these stories and try to answer the questions as briefly as possible . |
| 24 | ‘ Eight per cent is bad enough but then it goes up to 17.5 per cent so therefore we have got to prepare ourselves for the impact of that and try to minimise the impact on our customers . ’ |
| 25 | Well , yeah er we we had a fair amount of chemical er troubles erm mainly spillages , bad packaging , erm a few accidents erm , and very little information in those early days erm there was a lot of nasty chemicals going around which erm very little information followed it and people were being quite seriously injured , firemen included , policemen and others were getting involved with these things , and I got myself involved quite a lot with the various bodies that deal with chemicals , like the Chemical Industry Association , and people of that kind , trying to make things a bit safer , and taking up cases where spillages had occurred and , and accidents had happened er to try to get to the bottom of it and try to improve the situation and er I was n't alone , most Chief Officers were working that way and certainly the London Fire Brigade did it , did no end of work with producing , what is now commonly known as the coding and , and a system of , of erm er marking containers of chemicals so that people can understand how to deal with them , so that that was quite an interesting area which , even now I 'm now retired I still have a little hand in that with er chemicals er in my few moments I have spare I , I get involved with that side , which I enjoy . |
| 26 | Why not join a local group of some kind in whose fight you believe and try to improve the quality and extent of their public relations ? |
| 27 | She would drop to the surface of the station — its mass generated enough gravity to pull her — and , if she could find a suitable maintenance terminal , she would jack in her wrist processor and try to manipulate the station 's doors through the interface . |
| 28 | It is now more important than ever , as we endure and try to resist the demolition of the Welfare State , that children with special needs and their families do not suffer a disproportionate reduction in services . |
| 29 | Still , let's forget it now and try to enjoy the evening . |
| 30 | One by one they return and try to remember the story and relate it to the audience . |