Example sentences of "try [conj] do [pron] [prep] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end I decided to try and do something about it . |
| 2 | We ca n't just ignore it erm it is proper planning to try and do something about it . |
| 3 | That could , that needs to be maintained , it could also be extended , though of course they have great difficulties because of er their , their own financial restrictions , but we also , I think as a community , need to think about who these homeless people are , and , and not to regard them as some kind of alien population , but to realise that there are , they are our own neighbours , they are our own families that are in this predicament , and that collectively we need to join together and actually make demands on central government and locally to try and do something about it . |
| 4 | These people want something satisfying , so you will try and do something about it wo n't you ? |
| 5 | These people want something satisfying , so you will try and do something about it wo n't you ? |