Example sentences of "to try and [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a lot we can do , I think , to help the community in a wider sense , and I see that as one of the key elements of my work , to try and make that work . |
| 2 | The task of the social scientist is to try and make some sense of any observable patterns and the motivations , whether unspoken or not , behind them . |
| 3 | And when the muttered reply , ‘ He 's … he 's gone on a trip to try and make some money so we could … could get married , ’ came from her shoulder , she pushed Jessie upwards , saying , ‘ Oh my God ! ’ |
| 4 | It did n't show too badly when he finished the race with several layers of clothing on to try and retain some body heat in the cold driving rain . |
| 5 | That covers me for office work to negotiate to try and settle this case . |
| 6 | But if she thinks it 's worth the risk , then it 's up to you to try and contain that risk — make sure there 's nothing to trip over , and that someone who can react quickly is on hand to give tactful support where necessary . |
| 7 | Once the pain and muscle soreness disappears I 'll have to try and restore any muscles that might be in danger — and in doing that restore the nerve routes — the circuits , if you like — that link muscle and brain . ’ |
| 8 | pretending to try and spill each other 's cocoa . |
| 9 | That was strictly his own idea to try and cover any hesitations while he hid the trail that led to Miss Tuckey and the picture on her wan . |
| 10 | What I can say to the honourable gentleman who I know always attends these European debates with great regularity , I 'll be only too glad to speak to him outside as well as the honourable gentleman to try and clarify these matters . |
| 11 | The purpose of this chapter is to try and clarify these issues by asking : ( a ) what is quality in health care ? ( b ) whose quality are we talking about ? ( c ) how can quality be turned into a reality in the new NHS ? |
| 12 | It is best to try and group all mains-voltage components into one area rather than disperse them around the board . |
| 13 | erm so I mean for example with something like statistics that covers different techniques and activities from , you know , different books erm something like erm something like social most of it comes out of that which is a thing we did because people were experiencing difficulty with it so we thought well right we 'll , we 'll , we 'll sort of anchor the syllabus mostly to , you know , one particular book erm so different , different staff use different techniques , some people ha have drawn on a whole variety of things and , and , and some people have just drawn on one erm I think the main priority is to try and do some coursework though in your case erm |
| 14 | you all to try and do this time is to avoid if you can mouthing words , mouthing dialogue . |
| 15 | The United States , and some other Western governments , went to considerable lengths to try and discredit these elections as being not free , but fraudulent . |
| 16 | One thing I should mention is that you 'd be advised to try and view these videos on a stereo VCR , as many of the recorded examples — panning , for example — are pretty meaningless otherwise . |
| 17 | On completion the project would go on display at Burns garage for a while and then be used to try and generate more interest in aviation in the area . |
| 18 | Two hours later we were ready to start fishing so we baited the cat rods with squid and cast these out at varying distances to try and locate any patrol routes that were being used . |
| 19 | Er and I suppose the great you know lesson of social sciences in , in some ways if it 's , if it 's for anything it ought to be to try and avoid that kind of disaster , because erm if we understood ourselves better we might you know in the future try and avoid that thing because we just would n't attempt if , if that was n't an attempt to be . |
| 20 | I mean , in the long run their both , they both give the same outcome , alright , but farmers want to try and avoid that variability of income , alright , so they 'll much prefer to , instead of having , you know , they probably prefer erm , a certain income of forty pounds rather than erm , an equal chance of getting one hundred pounds or zero . |
| 21 | Amidst a diversity of close-up film analysis and theoretical arguments from all angles then , it might be useful to try and present some sort of an overview . |
| 22 | Doctors , G Ps , nurses , pharmacists , dentists , they 're all under attack and you 're just part of the effort to try and repel that attack , all the way round . |
| 23 | In product markets characterised by complex production processes long-term supply contracts or sub-contracts are commonly used to try and lower these costs . |
| 24 | And people are doing it again now , in order to try and re-create those sounds . |
| 25 | It 's also standards , like the poor receptionist , she says , you know like yesterday , she 's trying to put a call through , , and it did n't get through , she says I 've got to try and answer that phone within four rings . |
| 26 | Most people are amazed to get an answer from the band at all , so it is good business and public relations to try and answer these enquiries . |
| 27 | To try and answer this question , it is necessary to look in more detail at the anatomy of the current slump in the housing market and assess why it has been so much more severe than previous downturns . |
| 28 | At least it gave him time to try and talk some sense into her . |
| 29 | There 's a certain irony here in the fact that the world leader in free market philosophy should be the one to try and bring some regulation into this area , because that 's the problem here , almost complete deregulation the use of convenient ships , low skilled , low paid er exploited often Third World workers , used and abused by ship owners the world over to increase their profit margins , with a subsequent lack of concern over both the environment and people 's lives . |
| 30 | It was like a valedictory speech , possibly the last big statement he would utter as Leader of the Opposition , the opportunity to deliver a personal justification of what he did to try and ensure that Labour 's values joined together with the popular vote to save the party from the political wilderness . |