Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [conj] try [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wife and mother who goes out of the home to earn a wage , to escape being totally dependent on a man , being isolated in the home , and the penny-pinching that trying to make one wage feed the family involves , takes a second job . |
| 2 | in a sense of leaping into the flames and trying to battle with it . |
| 3 | The rig will swing over the front of the board and try to pull you over . |
| 4 | Leslie lost two pints of blood after being stabbed through the heart while trying to arrest a suspected burglar . |
| 5 | I found this to be the case when trying to replace a ballcock valve washer in a hot water tank in a very narrow airing cupboard . |
| 6 | The method of finance is relatively novel and as yet untried by most contractors but , as is the case when trying to start up any project , potential pitfalls and problems can be circumvented by using consultants , particularly in the early stages to provide off-take forecasts , preliminary designs , financial and legal advice , and subsequently for project management . |
| 7 | This seems a fair point to make against some of Stevenson 's and Ayer 's contentions , but the attitudinist , as I have characterised him , in this chapter , would acknowledge Bambrough 's points , yet still think it important to insist on the fundamental difference between trying to decide what is the case and trying to decide what one would wish to be ( and will try to make ) the case and on associating ethical claims with the latter . |
| 8 | Nobody was in any danger from the horse but the plaintiff entered the field and tried to calm the horse and was injured . |
| 9 | It was in the second phase , then , that linguists stepped to the fore and tried to replace the simple notions of language code and language deficit . |
| 10 | Working out the rules and trying to play the Aztec ball-game . |
| 11 | We have to establish contact with the kidnappers and try to exchange something , even if it is just information . |
| 12 | Some escaped the massacre and tried to make their way back to their own districts . |
| 13 | Ward had not lied or misled anyone about the nature of the payment or tried to conceal the money he had received . |
| 14 | He did not feel afraid of the ghost and tried to speak to him , but the figure was sad and morose as if struck by a remorseless tragedy . |
| 15 | The Germans , halted at Ypres , now adopted a defensive stance in the west while trying to reach a victorious conclusion in the east , where much of the military activity of 1915 was to take place . |
| 16 | Ted resumed the operation of the cabin and tried to shake off the depressing atmosphere that now pervaded the small room . |
| 17 | Look at the pictures and try to guess who is who . |
| 18 | ‘ Lord Raglan wishes the Cavalry to advance rapidly to the front , follow the enemy and try to prevent the enemy carrying away the guns . ’ |
| 19 | So I went there and cornered her in the canteen and tried to chat her up for half an hour . |
| 20 | Those at the conference table are not Palestine Liberation Organisation representatives working out of Tunis but people who actually live in the occupied territories , who have been deprived of their homeland , as they see it , and who are now looking to the future and trying to negotiate some kind of settlement . |
| 21 | It is now incumbent on everybody looking after patients following a myocardial infarct to try to reason out what caused the condition and to try to do something about stopping it . |
| 22 | Neil Pascoe says he 's always wanted to cycle from John 0 Groats to Lands End and then the idea came to run up the three peaks and swim the lakes and try to raise money for charity … |
| 23 | She widened the gap and tried to see what it was . |
| 24 | I heard the ambulance and the police cars and I saw them putting the man into the ambulance and trying to resuscitate him and driving away . |
| 25 | The manufacturers of BSB 's MAC receivers , the traders that tried to sell them , and the public who were encouraged to buy them , have lost confidence in the whole business of MAC , Marcopolo and 31° West . |
| 26 | In your language learning always pay attention to the rhythm and try to mimic the language helper as accurately as you can . |
| 27 | Things just gradually start to build up and get on top of you and you either get more into the gear and try to forget about it , or you stop using it and try and sort out what 's left of your life . |
| 28 | Encourage activity to improve the circulation and try to minimize stress as this exacerbates shock ( see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 29 | The girl threw caution to the wind and tried to make the most of every minute via sex , drink , numerous abortions , and late-night revels . |
| 30 | MS-DOS : you get in the car and try to remember where you put your keys . |