Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] try and " in BNC.
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| 1 | within the first-aiders and the , and obviously to try and try and drive it to them on that issue . |
| 2 | Id dearly love Norwich to come and try and win it ‘ properly ’ . |
| 3 | Basically the system is our cover note book control , er , we issue cover note books to agents and it 's up to us to make sure that they 're all issued in sequence , as their legal documents etc , and a minute a gap comes up we have to chase them etc , it 's run by erm , people quite low units and they scared of a job and tend to put it off as lose , and I want to visit and try and influence them so I can give them some help and to change it and bring it up to date , because it 's er . |
| 4 | Then you 've got to go and try and find somebody from Birmingham saying and erm |
| 5 | Chris always ends his visits by asking children not to disturb or try and touch snakes they may find in the wild . |
| 6 | ‘ I have not enjoyed campaigning , I have far more enjoyable things to do than try and save my livelihood and my home . |
| 7 | I do n't think it 's necessary to portray and try and show the poverty and primitiveness , my emphasis was on the close-knit family units and the craft of these people . ’ |