Example sentences of "[vb mod] try and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps I ought to try and eat something , ’ he said ; ‘ to give the stomach acid something to work on . ’ |
| 2 | Do n't you think we ought to try and understand our surroundings before we try to change them ? ’ |
| 3 | I felt I ought to try and phone him at home to tip him off — if I got the chance . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , I shall be angry too if you do n't come , ’ Helen said sharply , then added more gently , ‘ I understand how you feel about him , but you ought to try and overcome your dislike . |
| 5 | ‘ I just think you ought to try and forgive yourself , ’ mumbled Daisy . |
| 6 | David Pott from the Shepherds Primary School in London , says the heros in harsh shells are feeding children a diet of violence , and parents should try and stop it . |
| 7 | But if I wish to enjoy myself dabbling in cooking or in playing the stock exchange then I should try and form my own judgment . |
| 8 | He made one as if he should try and comfort her , but turned away , walked upstage and on the balcony with his back to the audience , raised his arms widely only to drop them helplessly . |
| 9 | I think they should try and do something more positive to curb that sort of thing . ’ |
| 10 | Erm We thought we should try and do something as a kaleidoscope . |
| 11 | If you feel that specialist advice would be helpful for anyone in your care , you should try and obtain it through your manager or warden . |
| 12 | Second , you should try and incorporate your questions into the interview as it goes along and not leave them all to the end . |
| 13 | Finally , buying management and their advisers should try and appreciate what tactics are being used on them . |
| 14 | You should try and keep your balance by moving the knees and hips towards or away from the sail , keeping the shoulders still . |
| 15 | ‘ I think we should try and find you something tomorrow , though . |
| 16 | She must — she really must try and pull herself together , very quickly . |
| 17 | But she must try and pull herself together . |
| 18 | Must try and change it . |
| 19 | This is probably the most difficult material to handle because the many characters and nationalities involved in the various available libretti must express themselves as distinctively as they do in real life and the choreographer must try and ensure his design has some semblance of reality if it is to communicate meaning . |
| 20 | My health , I am feeling strong and looking confident on the outside , so you must try and feel it on the inside oh dear the planets are on your side this week for love , needless to say |
| 21 | ‘ I must try and make you more comfortable , ’ she said . |
| 22 | I I must try and cop him tomorrow . |
| 23 | ‘ But we must try and see them — if only to let them know that we 're here , in the States , and that they have no need to worry about Emma and Sophie . ’ |
| 24 | In many parts of the earth , she said , the organised life in accordance with a sense of dualism body , spirit , man , women , black and white , poor and rich we must try and see them , in Christ coming together . |
| 25 | I must try and see it then , ’ said Clare politely . |
| 26 | Mary , you must try and transfer it , do n't you , because you ca n't see that Jo 's handset 's off the hook , we 'll assume that we know that , okay , we 'll cheat , we 'll try and call park it . |
| 27 | We 'll try and make it tomorrow . ’ |
| 28 | We 'll try and make it in the morning . |
| 29 | If you 're short of any clothes just come and see me , and I 'll try and fix you up . ’ |
| 30 | Then I 'll try and fix it for you to have your roof-top ending . ’ |