Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] try find " in BNC.
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1 | There is , however , a very strong feeling in fashionable knitwear this year for double jacquard patterns Usually I try to find easy ways to achieve this look and if you do n't have a ribber and a colour changer you can get away with two layers of Fair Isle or single jacquard , neatly sewn together to make a beautiful fabric for this time of year . |
2 | I knew him because he had been in Fontanellato for some months , and after wishing him buon giorno and so forth I tried to find out what his duties were and what was likely to happen to the prisoner . |
3 | On our way home we tried to find a Mothers Day card for Mark to send to his Mum , but I think all the Dalseattie shops must have the same supplier and sell those ghastly pink-ish cards with really crass ditties inside ugh . |
4 | ‘ Did n't he try to find her ? ’ |
5 | Then I try to find a way of expressing the idea and there is n't one . |
6 | BORIS BECKER spoke here yesterday of how he tried to find the perfect antidote to New York by taking a week 's holiday in East Germany after winning the United States Open last month . |
7 | and when you try t in the past when I tried to find some way of imposing discipline , there is no way because quite rightly , you 're not allowed to strike children , I never wanted to and I I hardly ever did at one school where there was a marvellous spirit of give and take I used to whip off my little black velvet slipper occasionally and whack some of the larger boys about the top of the thigh . |