Example sentences of "try and [verb] [pron] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably the only way to try and prevent it is to go into the schools and get people that have been through the proble , the problem theirselves to go into the schools and try and educate the kids to stay off drugs . |
| 2 | You 've got to try and guess what 's going to happen in three , four or five years ' time . |
| 3 | Queenie then turns round and has to try and identify who is hiding the ball . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's rude to try and understand what 's going on when it must be obvious that it 's none of your business . ’ |
| 5 | So in other words he 's saying , you should look to history to try and understand what 's happening . |
| 6 | ing them , it is a bold step to try and determine what is good and bad in the material of user education . |
| 7 | Sometimes the compulsion to try and trace them was irresistible , as Alfred Cooper found : |
| 8 | For weeks they would ignore their classes and have building matches , making carpets , shoes , curtains , beds and even hats and jackets to try and prove what was better ; wood or metal . |
| 9 | Riven stood on tiptoe to try and see what was going on . |
| 10 | Now Mr Cleave says he 's offering a reward to try and catch whoever 's responsible : |
| 11 | It taxes the minds of determined embryologists to try and visualize what is going on . |
| 12 | No I 'm not homeless I 'm gon na try and help you are |
| 13 | No no , there are natural , we always have a strong preference for something but we can actually develop them , just like management style we have a strong preference for , for one style but it is something that we can learn can get more and try and rationale sort of like theoretical we can try and rationalize what 's perhaps happening is that in situations when we 're not gaining a lot and it could be that it 's because it 's had a lot of activity and we can actually gain more from it we can rationalize it and analyze it . |
| 14 | try and get there 's sorted out . |
| 15 | I would suggest we do not need a second read of the discussion , but that can people keep an eye on , or try and change what is already there on pollution itself . |
| 16 | Before you really get down to doing anything , you 've got to look at the problem , and , and really sort of try and analyse what is going on , and what bit of the problem are you going to work on . |
| 17 | ‘ When buying a puppy , try and ensure it is well-bred and reared by a breeder who has some aim to produce well-tempered stock . ’ |