Example sentences of "[adv] try to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone is vulnerable this evening , so try to be sensitive . |
| 2 | So try to be Mediterranean about it . |
| 3 | ‘ I thought ‘ You must be very calm , you must not antagonise your aggressor , just try to be calm and keep sensible , and always think what you are saying before you say it ’ , ’ said Lizzie , of Oxford , who bears a striking resemblance to her sister . |
| 4 | I always try to be nice to the kids . |
| 5 | However , the AIB inspectors always try to be helpful and provide the coroner with the basic information he needs to establish the cause of death , but nonetheless , they sometimes get little thanks for the efforts they make to assist the coroner and sometimes they are treated in a rather off-hand manner . |
| 6 | Always try to be incisive . |
| 7 | ‘ We always try to be cash-positive , ’ chief executive Jane Tozer says . |
| 8 | We really try to be clean-cut and poppy , but it does n't work — we f— up somewhere . |
| 9 | cream and grow potatoes and all this and probably they have bees and sell honey and you know they eat er they really try to be self- sufficient sort of community as much as they can . |
| 10 | Never try to be funny . |
| 11 | And when again Millie stood close by her side she looked down on her and said , ‘ Never try to be funny at other people 's expense . |