Example sentences of "try and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And that we can try and meet some training needs locally . |
2 | I don' think er that women mind at all , I do n't think that that people in general really take that much notice of it , I mean I personally er have no objection or would not try and dissuade these gentlemen from wearing these things , but I personally would never wear one , and one of the reasons I would never wear one is apart from maybe two cases there you can always tell , and I think the thing is that when I would feel very uncomfortable walking down the street and everyo I 'd feel that everyone was there going wig , wig and the other thing is , there 's a young lady at the back there made a very valid point , er |
3 | I made the mistake this morning of trying to squeeze in er before I came here to just cl try and clear another task . |
4 | My Lord the started sum of money originally , sixty thousand pounds was the total loan and there were further overdraught facilities and and it 's the plaintiff 's case that without it it was simply not going to be manageable and as a result of that having thought carefully about erm , position it is his case that he rang Peter , told him that there were major problems in the financing of the deal and asked him if he could get him out of the contract because the finance he anticipated was no longer going to be available and it was his case that Peter advised him that there was no way out because contracts had been exchanged , er Mr was told very clearly that he was committed legally now to the deal and that he 'd better try and rearrange some finances since clearly they were moving towards er the completion date . |
5 | The individual who 's gon na be assertive is likely to be open and honest or likely to admit things that are not so good at honest those , but they 're not gon na necessarily apologise for those , they 're gon na treat those as statements of fact and they 're certainly gon na try and involve other people and actually say what do you think this , what are some ways forward er but it does n't mean that they 're gon na be walked all over and they still stand up for the things that they firmly believe in . |
6 | And let's try and print one page . |
7 | So I I I start to put it across to the to the Why not try and negotiated one commission , fifteen percent , you see ? |
8 | And let's try and resolve any issues which , which come up like that . |
9 | We hope now that management will try and resolve this situation either through redeployment or retraining , or further consultation . ’ |
10 | I I think erm a a as you 've kindly called me er I think I will try and make this debate a little more lively erm but I 'm not sure about being controversial er because here I was last week , I was making a speech about the significance of er the deregulation of contracting out bill and er I said then that the bill is so important because it is the first major attempt by government to slay the red tape dragon . |
11 | But I think possibly what I might do is try and make this grape vine one the first one where we actually do do it properly . |
12 | ‘ I 'll try and make some time . |
13 | Now what we want to do is try and draw some sort of picture for that . |
14 | With respect er I was n't paying too much attention to er to what was being said in as much as this possibly sounds negative but our concern is not for what people are shouting at us our concern is for whether we 've got a threat er in a particular area , in this case the bedroom , and whether we can try and sort that threat out before somebody is injured . |
15 | ‘ Tomorrow , when she sees the head man , I 'll go with you , Kate , and we 'll try and sort this business out . |
16 | Got ta try and do some transcription transcribing |
17 | Do n't try and do any sums on it and think ooh I 'll square one and add it on half the other . |
18 | You should try and amalgamate these DCs so that the total does not exceed 10 . |
19 | I 'll just try and get two carvers to match |
20 | I think I would try and get young salespeople |
21 | ‘ You keep your thumb in your mouth , ’ she advised , ‘ and I 'll try and get these stains out . ’ |
22 | Leave that with me I 'll I 'll get in contact with Steve and I 'll try and get this list sorted . |
23 | Let's try and get some help for you and the family . |
24 | And , if she did n't want to be a burnt-out case , too , she 'd better try and get some sleep , Laura told herself roughly as she slipped into bed and turned off the light . |
25 | The party 's finally over for this man and the street can now try and get some sleep . |
26 | I 'll try and get some mates to help out for the crack . ’ |
27 | Rain could try and get some answers from Barbara Coleman when they held their whispered conversation before Chagall 's windows , but she must make up her own mind about Maurin 's character . |
28 | What I 'll probably do is try and get some running , I 'll take that one and that one |
29 | ‘ We all agreed that we should try and commemorate this event , ’ he said . |
30 | ‘ Initially I planned this simply because I wanted to go from coast to coast , but then I thought I might as well try and raise some money for the hospice which is on my beat . |