Example sentences of "try and [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My next visit was in 1987 when , armed with the necessary maps and a compass , I started to try and untangle the mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau . |
| 2 | We 're doing this to try and make the mothers our allies in caring for their children , ’ explains Manning . |
| 3 | All I do know is that we 're very conscious a great deal of money 's been spent by the Council and by the Trust to try and make the place outside more inviting those tubs been put there er they been planted etc there 's a lot of litter there we 've put litter bins there there 's taxi rank there there 's lot 's of things been put there I think the problem is it is n't the people who do that I mean it 's the people who actually do the litter and it 's quite clear that we do go out we do tidy up but it happens and it 's a case of balance of what we can do and what you ca n't do but we do work at it I can assure you . |
| 4 | ‘ We felt it was important to try and make the programme last longer this time around so that the friendships made are n't lost . ’ |
| 5 | Aim to try and make the pressure equal in each arm by moving the hands up and down the boom . |
| 6 | The NHS reforms and the Patient 's Charter are designed to try and make the health service more customer or patient oriented , but structural reforms and exhortations will never be enough on their own . |
| 7 | Has anyone got the Leeds ticket office or fax number , We are planning to try and make the wednesday match on feb the 12th , that is if any tickets are still available . |
| 8 | Has anyone got the Leeds ticket office or fax number , We are planning to try and make the wednesday match on feb the 12th , that is if any tickets are still available . |
| 9 | Mr Rankin said villagers were writing to the environmental health authority to try and sort the matter out , ‘ At evenings and weekends , the continuous drumming of the bikes sounds like a chainsaw . ’ |
| 10 | Erm I 'd liked to discuss the point about what aid we can give to try and promote the stability and the event of prosperity of the country . |
| 11 | yeah , she maybe does , but I think she 's trying to , to try and promote the fact that aids patients are harmless , because a lot of aids patients are very isolated , people do n't want to know them , they think you can catch it through shaking hands , drinking out the same cup and all that , and I think she 's trying to prove that look I 'm alright , so should you be , but she does go a bit over the top |
| 12 | As damages are paid on a full and final settlement basis , you will appreciate that we must be sure that the report is full and accurate before I begin any negotiations to try and settle the case . |
| 13 | So er that s er that firm collapsed and people lost money and er that 's why FIMBRA is there , er to try and protect the investor . |
| 14 | You know you get these little red veins on the su , on the cheek area if you do n't wear a moisturizer those little red veins can get worse , so we use a moisturizer to try and protect the skin . |
| 15 | He said he hoped to use his year as chairman to try and double the membership from 100 to 200 as well as helping with training . |
| 16 | The wind had freshened by this time and was causing some choppy waves , so we pressed on to try and finish the circuit planned before counting became impossible . |
| 17 | Patel then drove from his Johannesburg home to Pretoria prior to the Wallabies ' departure for Port Elizabeth to try and rescue the tour . |
| 18 | It was that cold contempt , the same icy disdain with which he was observing her now , which had prompted her to try and set the record straight . |
| 19 | ‘ Did you sleep well ? ’ she asked politely , keeping her eyes lowered as she unclipped her safety harness , stamping her feet to try and restore the circulation . |
| 20 | I reckon he will play wide on the right to try and restrict the space of the nippy Dutch winger . |
| 21 | The basic idea is to try and form the nucleus of England 's test team , and with the players in their teenage years . |
| 22 | Originally , the Seychelles kestrels nested in holes in the mountain crags but are said to have been ousted from that habitat by barn owls which were introduced to try and control the rat population . |
| 23 | ‘ In Europe , everything is done to try and bring the supporters to watch football , ’ Flamengo goalkeeper Gilmar said . |
| 24 | Manager Tommy Gilmour will fly to Puerto Rico in three weeks to try and bring the Camacho fight to Glasgow in January , giving Weir almost three months to get over his first ever cut in one hundred and sixty seven fights as both amateur and professional . |
| 25 | With clubs wide open to make the contract you 're going to need to try and bring the diamonds in without loss . |
| 26 | ‘ He used to say that the first obligation as a sports writer was not to be in the least boring ; that you had to try and retain the excitement of the event in your writing — without taking liberties with the truth or manufacturing drama . ’ |
| 27 | It had been behind the purchase of some of the BCR 's rolling stock in 1867 , when the available property of the line was sold in order to try and satisfy the claims of its creditors . |
| 28 | After conferring , the two signalmen decided to try and apprehend the person concerned , and after making sure that the control had been told of the situation and the boxes were safe to leave they walked towards each other , approaching the trespasser from opposite directions , so keeping him in view all the time and affording him little chance of escape . |
| 29 | Should be all right Tracey from Radford 's going to try and knock the smile off you face are n't you Tracey ? |
| 30 | However , region has a history as a concept within geography and it is better to use a new term than to try and alter the definition of a long-established one . |