Example sentences of "try [verb] [pron] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vendor 's and the purchaser 's accountants were then to review the sales figure and try to agree it with each other : and , if they disagreed , which they did , a third accountant was to determine the figure . |
| 2 | I want to be taken seriously , which makes it galling that when I 've got a brain , certain types of men try to treat me like some empty-headed bimbo who … ’ |
| 3 | But try to implicate me in any way — or use me as a trade-off- and it 'll be added to the police clear-up rate faster than the eye can follow . |
| 4 | Would you excuse me , Mr. Preston , while I try to do something about this ? ’ |
| 5 | We 've had lectures in the biology area , in physics , in engineering and in chemistry , so that we 've really spanned the whole shooting match really as far as that goes , and of course we try to put something into these lectures for those doing the most advanced work in the sixth form and also for those doing O levels , let's say , and some who are younger even than that . |
| 6 | They mostly feed at dawn and dusk , so try feeding yours at these times , offering earthworms and pieces of fish . |
| 7 | It is quite reasonable for someone to draw on specific groups and try to understand particular pieces of action , to use a wider theoretical framework in which to place these actions and try to understand them in this way . |
| 8 | Sneha , ( not her real name ) an Asian girl of eighteen living with her family near Birmingham , wrote me a long letter , but with the strict proviso that I did n't ring her at home or try to contact her at all . |
| 9 | Rachel has started packing up to leave , and I try to divert her with more coffee . |
| 10 | What are your priorities when you try to assess someone in that period of time . |
| 11 | ‘ People who try to screw you for that extra ten pence , ’ John offers . |
| 12 | Barbados ca n't survive on the sugar market alone , but try convincing them of that . |
| 13 | Try practising them against any of the following chords : A maj , B min , C♯min , D(#4) , E7 , F♯m and G♯m7♭5 . |