Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why do n't you go outside and try to talk it to death ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll try to reach him in Coleraine . |
| 3 | He felt a stab of desire for her once again , but , this time , did not try to put it into words . |
| 4 | I will try to contact you by telephone , but if I do not manage it , I would be grateful if you could try to ring me on the above number , extension 4425 . |
| 5 | Since France did not receive any substantial support for this scheme it did not try to propose it on behalf of the EEC . |
| 6 | My wife does try to keep me in check . |
| 7 | She might never try to turn it into reality . |
| 8 | Girls from orthodox Muslim and Sikh families feel this most strongly ; they also fear that through some misunderstanding their parents might try to withdraw them from school altogether , cutting off their lifeline to the outside world . |
| 9 | At present , we do n't have our addresses in Nanking and Shanghai , but will try to get them in advance , so that we can let you know how to contact us . |
| 10 | erm , and er , sometimes even pleased to say well I 'll try to get you in purple , but er , nowadays erm , we , we do n't go in for that because there 's , there 's so many er shops now that selling lighting fittings erm and selling nothing else , there is n't one actually in Harlow , but there 's one in Epping and there 's one in Stortford , erm that er , it 's , it 's riding a new car people want to see er a good variety of them , have a look at a lot or a washing machine or anything like that , you want to see many before you buy one . |
| 11 | I think this Adam Carver will try to charm you into signing . |
| 12 | The psychologist worked on the assumption that Dawn should prepare herself for a life of dependency on others , so he did not try to motivate her towards self-sufficiency . |
| 13 | Readability Plus does try to take it into account and scores points in that regard . |
| 14 | Both of these languages are capable of doing what you want and do n't try to blind you with computer science . |