Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] try [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But it was one of my self-imposed duties to try to even out the peaks and troughs of his capricious temperament and make sure he produced his best golf when it mattered . |
| 2 | And as urgent talks went on in London and Barcelona , the words returned to haunt the top officials trying to sort out the shambles . |
| 3 | Also on May 2 another Croatian policeman was killed in the mainly Croatian coastal village of Polaca when Serbian police tried to take over the Croatian-manned police station ; and a helicopter carrying among others the Vice-President of the Croatian Federal Assembly , Vladimir Seks , was fired on and forced to make an emergency landing after it took off from Kijevo . |
| 4 | In the summer of 1306 there took place at Montreuil the first of a series of meetings ( ‘ processes ’ ) between French and English representatives to try to work out the legal position of the lands held by the English in Aquitaine . |
| 5 | Occasionally the Imperial forces try to clear out the worst of these foes , but the area remains wild and dangerous . |
| 6 | As defence-industry consultants try to work out the consequences , some predictions are unchanged . |
| 7 | Similarly , transnational forces may be mainly responsive to these international financial organizations , or to the governments of the countries who control them , or to ‘ disinterested ’ international bureaucrats trying to sort out the mess . |