Example sentences of "you try and [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You try and get into a factory , it 's just all Indians ’ ( Cochrane and Billig , 1984 ) . |
| 2 | What happens when you try and get below that ? |
| 3 | You try and get to India , not that you 'd want to go mind you , you try and live in India , wo n't let you in |
| 4 | With the num-lock on every time you try and go to the cursor keys , arrow keys , you put peculiar numbers in instead . |
| 5 | And the barriers drop , so if you try and go through when the lights are flashing or if you try and go round the barriers the chances are the train 's getting nearer and nearer and could hit you . |
| 6 | I allow you to stay in my home because of Lizzy , but I warn you now , Dan , if you try and interfere in my life , I 'll have you out the front door so fast you 'll burn a hole in the carpet . |
| 7 | You only make a fool of yourself when you try and speak in public . |
| 8 | so if you try and work with the same amount of closes all the time , you 'll end up getting weak in one or two |
| 9 | Now , the other type of overlap is lateral overlap where the is always o , overlapping that way and you try and rotate about that bond axis you 'll break the overlap . |
| 10 | So when you try and look at the sun you ca n't see it . |
| 11 | You try and get to India , not that you 'd want to go mind you , you try and live in India , wo n't let you in |
| 12 | Yeah , if you try and think about it processing . |
| 13 | So in other words that kind of dream represents an extreme example of erm of an aborted dream , but the very fact that it 's repetitive and you keep having them , Freud would say , is , is a demonstration of the fundamental idea , th that the dream attempts to try and put the past right as it were , you try and dream about it , but you fail all the time . |
| 14 | if I may give you a word of advice , you may think it 's rude , but when Mr is asking questions try not to turn down towards him , if you try and face across the jury , that 's what carries the voice if you 're looking at them , if you turn to your left , a bit of your head goes down a bit , it 's only natural , you 're not as used to courts as Mr is , er , he , he , your , it , your voice smothers , it 's not a question of shouting it 's just looking in the right direction , yes Mr go on |
| 15 | I 've tried to slow down my pattern of speech , I 've tried to simplify my vocabulary , and certain methods of when you 're talking to someone you do n't tower over them , you try and squat to his level or you give instructions in certain ways to certain classes . |