Example sentences of "try [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever you try to transmit to the examiner in a written examination must be written so that it can be read . |
| 2 | Remember that the vendor may not wish to have you around the house at all , so try to agree a mutually convenient time , starting at , say , 9am or 2pm , which will allow at least three daylight hours for the survey . |
| 3 | discuss risk-taking with your teenager — try to agree what she can do to make the experimenting relatively safe , think about what you both can do to make it so ; |
| 4 | ( e.g. Follow three consecutive actions such as ‘ Write down the place in the classroom where you think your plant will grow best , find out what the others on your table think and try to agree on which is likely to be the best place ’ . ) |
| 5 | The key stages of preparation are to become familiar with all the facts as recorded in key documents , for example correspondence , meeting records , site measurements , wage sheets and plant invoices try to agree the facts with the engineer and/or contractor check the claim is in order with respect to time and/or documentation and that it complies with the contract |
| 6 | Many expert clauses provide that the parties should , in the first instance , try to agree on the expert to whom the issue will be referred . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Riders are sometimes slowed to a walking pace and punch the supporters who try to embrace them . |
| 9 | Should you , for the screen , attempt to find some equivalent visual pastiche or try to carry the original concept through dialogue ? |
| 10 | For a moment I considered bolting , but I noticed that a young reptilian reception-clerk was watching me narrowly , as if he thought I might roll up a carpet and try to carry it out under my arm , and I became instantly obstreperous . |
| 11 | However appalled , Ramsay could do nothing more at this stage than try to carry out the original plan . |
| 12 | Never try to carry too many items on the outside of your pack — if you need to do this , your sack is too small ! |
| 13 | But despite the hassles more and more western bands try to carry it off . |
| 14 | ‘ And try to carry on with this truce ? ’ |
| 15 | Try to prompt your mind into action with word cards . |
| 16 | When you 're not out walking around this lovely area of the Borders try seeing it from the back of a horse — the Westertoun Riding Centre will take you out on anything from an hourly ride to a half day trek through the Lammermuir Hills . |
| 17 | People try to classify what sorts of group or characteristics there are of groups and you find that people look at group size , let's go through the list , group size , communication networks , roles and expectations , norms and rules , okay well roles and expectations , norms and rules slightly different . |
| 18 | If you ever feel ‘ spaced out ’ or ‘ floaty ’ after meditation , try stamping your feet on the ground , breathing out sharply three or four times , or doing anything physical ; or close your eyes and picture roots emerging from the base of your spine , going deep into the earth . |
| 19 | Another over-eager cat has discovered one of the basic truths of garden life : never try to kill a toad . |
| 20 | Did they — whoever they were — deliberately try to kill him ? |
| 21 | Later that year his assassins try to kill the future Phoenix King Caledor I who is rescued by a band of Chracian hunters , the ancestors of the White Lions . |
| 22 | One in three men and one in seven women who try to kill themselves also have physical and social alcohol-related problems . |
| 23 | ‘ Most people try to kill themselves when they 're nineteen , ’ she 'd informed Preston . |
| 24 | And if they somehow suspected that I was picking up something valuable , why would any of them try to kill me before the pick-up ? |
| 25 | ‘ First you try to kill yourself by running off into a blizzard , and now you risk life and limb because you ca n't even bring yourself to admit to me that you 've never skied in your life before . ’ |
| 26 | I try to kill the man with the first shot . |
| 27 | The big match is at Coundon Road , where Hereford , who took on the might of Bath a few seasons ago try to kill the giants of Coventry . |
| 28 | Then the boys try to kill a pig . |
| 29 | The children immediately try to kill the animals without thinking of the consequences or the morality of it . |
| 30 | Try to gather a diversity of views , not just one approach to the question . |