Example sentences of "i [vb mod] try [to-vb] a " in BNC.

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1 But these notions , complexity and design , are so pivotal to this book that I must try to capture a little more precisely , in words , our feeling that there is something special about complex , and apparently designed things .
2 Biting back a retort to the effect that it was doubtful if Campion Price would even recognise her , Gina said equably , ‘ I 'll try to fit a visit in . ’
3 By way of signing off I 'll try to slip a selection of them through again .
4 Since there 's no reason for me to stay in Denmark any longer , I 'll try to get a flight home tomorrow .
5 I 'll er I 'll try to get a few things , make a few bob you know ,
6 Still , I could try to throw a scare into him .
7 Er most of my points have actually dried up now , sir , in view of what Mr Cunnane has said , and also Mr Jewitt , erm I do actually , I would try to emphasize a point that the people who are proposing new settlements in this location have judiciously avoided the question of need this afternoon , well I think we we almost came to the point this morning that the shortfall was nine hundred and reducing almost on a month by month basis , er one or two quick points I would like to pick up , er in view of the erm small nature or the shortfall in housing supply that we see over the next fifteen years , I can not accept that to avoid the new settlement option would be prejudicial to greenbelt objectives , erm the housing land supply allocations are almost there , there are plans to run through which will un almost inevitably allocate additional sites inside the inner edge of the greenbelt boundary and outside the outer edge of the greenbelt boundary , but both within Greater York , which are bound to assist in making up the shortfall of provision , and probably , if I suspect rightly , would actually exceed it , erm erm I agree with Mr Cunnane on the question of the alternative expansion of existing towns or settlements , the same point really , we 're almost there anyway , the op that option is already there , it 's not that it might be there , it is it is there at the moment , er it 's not a clear expression of local preference , and I would also point out the option of the environmental improvements under the P P G criteria you asked us to look at , erm whether it 's a thousand houses , two thousand , two and a half thousand , whether it has a bowling alley , or a ten pin bowling alley , and a B and Q , and a , probably a Tesco as well , this form of development will not sit comfortably in open countryside , almost , wherever it 's put within the Greater York area , I defy anyone to produce a site where one can satisfactorily put er such a massive form of urban development and suggest it 's a positive environmental improvement .
8 During this essay I shall try to reach a balanced judgement on the subject of military spending by showing the arguments for and against it .
9 I shall try to do a little of both .
10 Though participants have said that they find these quizzes enjoyable , they have not been well supported by comparison with the more usual lectures and no further quiz is planned for the moment , though I shall try to keep a few questions in hand in case a speaker is delayed or fails to arrive for some reason .
11 I will try to take a broad role , eliminate controversy and keep a low profile . ’
12 But I will try to lead a better life . ’
13 It 's always been my philosophy that the first bait out is the one most likely to produce a run and I will try to get a drifting float out in almost any conditions ( except flat calms ) using balloons to assist the float 's passage through calm water and into the wind lanes .
14 There was a lot of helpful feedback from these pieces so over the next few months I will try to provide a few more examples to expand this work .
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