Example sentences of "try [to-vb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Wasps , defending the only unblemished record in Division One , lacked their usual buzz , but had former England international Huw Davies 's try to thank for a 10–6 win over spirited London Scottish .
2 Try to arrange for a written record of what has been agreed for the next meeting , so that you can work to an explicit plan .
3 When pasting your template on the piece of veneer selected for the outline — usually a dark wood — try to arrange for the thinnest parts of the design to run along the grain .
4 She 'd sit in her dressing-gown by the window and try to listen for the electric trams on the distant street , anything to give some kind of shape or structure to her day , but the noise made even this impossible .
5 normally after + very heavy rain + or something like that + and + you 're driving along the road + and + far away + you see + well + er + a series + of + stripes + + formed like a bow + an arch + + very very far away + ah + seven colours but + + I guess you hardly ever see seven it 's just a + a series of + colours which + they seem to be separate but if you try to look for the separate ( kAz ) — colours they always seem + very hard + to separate + if you see what I mean ++ ( Postgraduate student speaking informally )
6 I do n't want to bring out a girl with six CSEs or 16+s who ca n't look after her baby , so you try to cater for the individual need .
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