Example sentences of "try [conj] [vb base] it [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | oh try and get it between the |
2 | And one , if you ever wanted to do a bit of homework , to actually really get into the mood for something like this , you want to take a , a single piece , a single little newsy thing , and just practise , try and write it for half a dozen different outlets . |
3 | When I very deliberately try and remember it like this I know I end up remembering it and describing it being like a bar scene in a musical , where everyone that the camera pans past is a very definite character , and they 're all so eager when the camera is on them , clapping and laughing and tapping their feet to the music so convincingly . |
4 | Cos , when you try , if you try and control it on the accelerator it 's very , it 's really jerky |
5 | Again , we said this morning , try and keep it to one page . |
6 | One of the main problems of the European Community is over-supply , alright , so they try and use it as an argument , this perverse supply response , as an argument to maintain prices at their current level . |
7 | Now , it 's going to be a bit scruffy this , and you just try and transcribe it onto that piece of paper so you 're going away with some idea . |
8 | Er I mean if I if I try and cover it with one of our professional salesmen , |
9 | Buy a caravan with a horse , maybe , and try and make it into an adventure . |
10 | Tom : ‘ We do n't really put on a big theatrical performance , so you do n't look at it that way , you just try and sing it in tune . |
11 | I know one or two of them try and work it on the phone … but I like to go out and have a look and know what 's going on . ’ |
12 | Try and explain it in terms of say let's get all these kids out into the school yard , |
13 | Well , try and do it without standing all over the board . |
14 | And most of it If you try and do it with sort of the squiggles on the paper . |
15 | And they try and do it with a lot of gimmickry and |
16 | ‘ Come on , son … try and see it from my point of view . ’ |
17 | Try and find it for me , it was a ninety-minute one . |
18 | I know I am not such a blameless one as should be saying it , but try and find it in your heart to be good to her , for she is lovely . ’ |