Example sentences of "and try [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A typical procedure is that each party appoints a valuer ; the two party-appointed valuers should meet and try to agree the valuation , and , if they are unable to agree , the matter is referred to an umpire appointed by the valuers .
2 Look ahead to choose where you want to land and try to judge the depth of water , raising the daggerboard as you come into shallower water .
3 You expect her to crouch and try to put the robe on before she 's fully out of the water , or to turn her back to you , but instead there 's something like a sneer on her face as she stands up facing you and wraps the robe around herself with a kind of disdain .
4 Dr Asvat subsequently reported his examination of Stompie to the Soweto Crisis Committee , set up in 1988 to monitor and try to control the activities of Mrs Mandela , director of the ANC 's Social Welfare Department .
5 Did you notice how their attacker with long hair seemed to crouch down and try to catch the ball every time a ball came near , Fairclough was excellent at marking him , I think they wore the same pair of shorts !
6 The person with that number must dash forward and try to catch the plate before it stops spinning .
7 Newton Aycliffe police are appealing to members of the public who have lost goods in burglaries from antique shops , offices , vehicles and homes to come forward and try to identify the goods .
8 Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran , legends of the ring years before they reached this collision , will reach out and try to mist the reality that they are both beyond their peaks of power and reflex action .
9 So how best to approach and try to conquer the Queen ?
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