Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [adv] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried to sit up but a wave of nausea engulfed her and , with a sob , she fell back on her pillow . |
| 2 | A young man in a smartly hideous jacket tried to come out while the kids were trying to go in . |
| 3 | I desperately tried to paddle away but the canoe move and I was wedged in . |
| 4 | We tried to point out that the ‘ no deals ’ policy was obviously no deterrent to the kidnapping of Britons , but again , nobody really took much notice . |
| 5 | The teenager tried to run away when the youths approached him but they punched him in the face and pushed him to the ground . |
| 6 | The pilot tried to turn back but the jet exploded and a large fireball ripped into a crowded residential area . |
| 7 | ‘ We tried to get back but the waves were getting bigger . |
| 8 | It was probably a Barbarian female who tried to make out that a woman 's work is never done . |
| 9 | Oh the story of this particular one is that it er er they tried to make out that the erm that the the the the shark has actually got something against the human beings on this boat and it keeps chasing them . |
| 10 | The project will try to go further than a mere description of attitudes or beliefs : the object is to explain their origins in previous experiences and to predict their implications for future action . |
| 11 | Now I 'm wondering whether to go in and try to find out whether the owner has already got a vet . |
| 12 | You should try to find out where the dog lives and report the incident to the police . |
| 13 | Then , impulsively , she squeezed Ruth 's hand , adding : ‘ I know Mr Hardiman made us swear we 'd never try to find out where the money came from , but — well , now we 've found out by accident , so that does n't count , does it ? |
| 14 | Try to find somewhere where the interviewee can feel reasonably relaxed and you yourself can feel confident . |
| 15 | It is a general picture this book tries to depict rather than the detailed idiosyncrasies of any political leader . |
| 16 | Straight away there are two players between the ball and the opposition , both are trying to drive backwards once the weight of their opponents is felt and the ball is available for distribution . |
| 17 | So , although " finding things out " is not an inaccurate rendering of what research is directed toward , often this is finding out whether a particular conception of the discipline , in sociological terms a perspective or an approach , can be deployed in research inquiry rather than trying to find out whether a particular theory is true or false . |
| 18 | Imagine you were trying to find out if a DIY store would do well in your area . |
| 19 | Police are trying to find out if a fire which killed three men at a rest home in Harrogate in North Yorkshire was started deliberately . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm trying to work out where the garden is . ’ |
| 21 | Using the wrong face can destroy the effect that a document was trying to create just as the wrong colour can ruin a decoration scheme |
| 22 | She sat , trying to look everywhere but the deep-ocean blue of those eyes . |
| 23 | Part of my mind was trying to point out that the facial expression was wholly unlike her , and she never called me Del unless she wanted something . |
| 24 | The right hon. Gentleman is right about the significance of that age group , but I am trying to point out that the age for offending has become very young . |
| 25 | Well , I was erm trying to point out that the most stable element in a sense in a very changing system is pupil numbers , because you always know , pretty well exactly , how many pupils you are going to have at any given time . |
| 26 | A heavy wooden desk with a large-scale ordnance survey map of the area pinned out across it , and some papers which Donaldson was trying to read upside-down when the little fat man walked in . |
| 27 | Behind him Senna and Prost were playing a daredevil driving game … the Frenchmen kept trying to get past and the Brazilian kept stopping him … |
| 28 | I suppose they thought that there would n't be anybody trying to get out cos the train |
| 29 | In fact effective management means trying to think quantitatively and a readiness to use statistics starts from this assumption . |
| 30 | The hon. Member has been trying to make out that the Government have been putting profits , the success of BT and the shareholder interest before our policy . |