Example sentences of "[adj] try and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where we have the , the erm , responsibility for a formal consultation , er , then we need to set about that process as soon as possible to try and meet our deadline , Mr Chairman . |
| 2 | I do n't think it 's possible to try and keep it exactly as it used to be , nor do I think you 'd want to . |
| 3 | Hopeless to try and impress you with my slender collection of classical music . |
| 4 | They were careful to try and include her , of course . |
| 5 | there is much to see from any window in England if only the viewer is prepared to try and understand it . |
| 6 | But if you want my opinion , I think you 're ill-advised to try and force him out simply because you 've got a legal case . |
| 7 | Valda having provided the introduction , I was of course quite delighted to try and help you with names and contacts the other day on the telephone , and note that you will supply me with a strictly personal and confidential copy at the conclusion of your endeavours and I appreciate this VERY much ! |
| 8 | And you 're supposed to try and link it with bigger groups of children , so if you say you say you 've got primary skills |
| 9 | He was very friendly with erm who was in charge of the Extra Mural Board and erm then possibly because of this connection erm we were asked by the erm Ministry of Defence to provide lectures and courses for erm units of H M Forces stationed in the area and erm so a panel of lecturers was erm formed and erm they used to go out , the , the units used to have their own Education Officers , usually a sergeant or perhaps a second lieutenant and erm they used to come into the office and say that they 'd like somebody to go out to their Searchlight Unit or A A Unit stationed somewhere out in the sticks and er lecture on this that or the other and erm we were supposed to try and fix them up and erm the panel erm , it had quite a number of erm people on it that erm , I ca n't remember who they all were , I know that erm you 'd hardly believe this but there was a chap named Mr and another chap named Mr |
| 10 | ‘ It 's rude to try and understand what 's going on when it must be obvious that it 's none of your business . ’ |
| 11 | Okay to try and improve their performance . |
| 12 | Mr Yeltsin 's strategy centres on a referendum on 25 April on who rules Russia but many local councils , sympathetic to parliament , are likely to try and thwart it . |
| 13 | I mean it 's In actual fact the the number of people I 've had in and One thing I should say , if you feel you would like a visit one evening , to the plant , then I 'm more than welcome to try and organize something for you . |
| 14 | As technology made itself available to people like me , it was very natural to try and use it . |
| 15 | As will become clear , I do not see these questions as independent of each other , but I think it is helpful to try and consider them separately as well as in interaction . |
| 16 | well , well thank Mr very much , if you , if you could , I can accommodate Mr at any reasonable time tomorrow , erm , but although he may say he 's only got , he only wants to rest for a quarter of an hour d'your , as you gather from the interchange from the bench , that 's er , that will be the very minimum and I may well have questions to ask him , although I hope I 'd asked most of them to Mr , so , erm , but I 'm , I 'm I think for everybody 's convenience it , erm , unless he 's got a specific time he could deal with , we either start say at eleven thirty , when Mr can be here or at two , erm , but if he 's got some other clever idea I 'm perfectly prepared to entertain him , but er we ca n't leave this hanging around , I 've got ta write this and whichever way it goes we 've got ta look at it again , er and although I suppose I 'm not entirely unheard of and I disappear to the court of appeal next term it 's gon na make things extremely awkward to try and arrange anything else next term , cos I 've got two other judges to bear in mind as well as myself |
| 17 | You know , there are a string of the things of this kind of nature to try to make village shops er , more viable to try and ensure their survival . |
| 18 | I used to have three but I lost three sheep down when they built the university , and I have n't been able to find them , so I thought that they 'd be useful to try and locate them , you know . |
| 19 | By the time this stage has been reached it is rather late to try and prevent it . |
| 20 | By then it was too late to try and change her policy , for the overseer seemed to have taken a real dislike to her , watching for any slip she made , so that he could punish her for being high and mighty as he called it . |
| 21 | Jinny was too tired to try and work it out . |
| 22 | The next papers that we have , Chairman , are much more useful in management terms , and er , if anybody has any questions on this particular report , I 'll I 'll be happy to try and answer it . |
| 23 | Is , who would er who would write that , was it you yourself would you be happy to try and draft something ? |
| 24 | Electronic point of sale specialist Verifone UK has teamed up retail systems specialist Saunders Jeffries Ltd to try and get its technology into corner shops . |
| 25 | It 's not advisable to try and cut them out yourself as they tend to be close to the skin . |
| 26 | Well we 've been very concerned to try and develop our policies and services and we find this report very helpful because it has given us a very clear lead as to the sort of things which are necessary , and in many ways it 's supporting the ideas which we 've had . |
| 27 | In this way , alliance relations between descent groups would simultaneously have involved political , economic and social affairs and it would be entirely artificial to try and divorce them . |
| 28 | Er if there are any questions afterwards I 'll be pleased to try and answer them . |
| 29 | The Captain was aware that at this stage she was still sufficiently frightened by what had happened to her to be hiding something , but experience told him that U would be useless to try and force her . |
| 30 | It 's useless to try and deceive them . |