Example sentences of "try and [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or her , ’ she would add scrupulously , being among other things a feminist ) , but in practice this does n't seem to affect her behaviour very noticeably — she seems to have ordinary human feelings , ambitions , desires , to suffer anxieties , frustrations , fears , like anyone else in this imperfect world , and to have a natural inclination to try and make it a better place . |
| 2 | Erm my nan remembers him , was it somebody called , no no he was another character I think he sold newspapers , but erm I do , I do remember him er They 've always erm tried to get some entertainment on the pitch though prior to the matches to try and make it a family thing you know , I , I think Watford are the best club for that you know , because they , the supporters seem to take all the family along , as my son said when they went down there to the Cup replay they are very much a family sort , they do n't get a lot of trouble at Watford either . |
| 3 | All I can do , Father Poole thought despairingly , is to try and give him the spiritual strength to resist such a temptation . |
| 4 | I asked erm Ian yesterday to try and give me the dates so I , I 'm , I expect him to come back to me today with some idea on that . |
| 5 | Ma'am , sir I should say , erm Mr makes certain comments about there are doubts about whether this scheme will go forward , we have been in contact with Department of Transport , again to try and give you the correct factual position . |
| 6 | The latter measure made it worthwhile for the Americans to try and do what the British had failed at , making British films which would go down well in America . |
| 7 | The rest of those in the room have to try and do what the leader does as fast as possible afterwards , but without making obvious who the leader is . |
| 8 | In the meantime , I want you all to try and build me a decent-sized castle , right ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I was going to have a coffee at the Greek cake shop , ’ Constance went on , ‘ but just as I was going in one of those middle-class , middle-aged ladies with a smile on her face was coming out , and whenever I see one of them I think she 's going to try and sell me a poppy or something or tell me Jesus loves me . |
| 10 | And on top it was terrible , I used to try and comb it a certain way . |
| 11 | Erm perhaps I can turn the the question on its head and and I think the way the County Council 's looked at it , what would be the implications of not providing for the needs of North Yorkshire , and that 's I think the approach that we have taken in the first instance , is to try and determine what the needs of North Yorkshire are and to borrow a phrase from Professor Lock , in strategic terms to look at er try to achieve full employment in North Yorkshire . |
| 12 | Yeah because he 's got to go on a month 's course for a start , for just general and then we 've got to try and find him a a week 's course somewhere as A L O , I do n't know where but er in that time . |
| 13 | What 's more , as soon as he heard of your problem , Direct Delivery 's manager immediately visited your home and , although it was agreed that the damage was purely accidental , as an act of goodwill toured the shops in Lisburn to try and find you a replacement . |
| 14 | He asked me to try and get him a map but this was a difficult thing to do in a place the size of Fontanellato , where hardly anyone possessed even an atlas of the world . |
| 15 | Erm but then she rang back later , I do n't know whether she contacted room bookings to try and get me a dining hall , but she said they might be able to have their dinner in the S C R. So that 's alright , I 'm okay . |
| 16 | He said to Mariana , ‘ I need to try and get us a little further north . ’ |
| 17 | So if I may , I would like to negotiate to one or the other if if you will agree er to that , to try and get us a dance group , we 've been trying to get a dance group for years |
| 18 | ‘ I want you to try and remember everything the two of you said , right from the beginning . |
| 19 | I 'd like to try and define what the difference between and eating disorder and simply wanting to be a different shape or a different size is ? |
| 20 | ‘ What you need to do , Leith , is to try and deglamorise yourself a bit . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I left lecturing to try and see what the big wide world had to offer , but things never worked out . |
| 22 | Er , I 've had a word with Jeremy about decorating , oh Florrie I must apologise I did try to ring you , I think I managed to get everybody else , erm but you were n't there , in and then I , I left it I regret to say , erm but we thought perhaps we ought to have the kitchen re-decorated and I 've had a word with Jereminy , Jereminy , Jeremy and he says about two hundred pounds and I did get permission from some of you and I 've gone ahead and asked him to do it and he said about three weeks , but before we can have that done , in the meantime , the roof leaked again out in the kitchen Erm , so I 've had a word with Peter who was going on holiday and he should be home this week and he said he will look at it as soon as he 's home , so I 'll give him a ring , I 'll try tomorrow night , I 'm out tonight , I 'll try and give him a ring tomorrow . |
| 23 | We 're going to make use of this moonless period , but we 'll try and give you a practice run over the ladder before the big night . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll try and give you an example . |
| 25 | Let me try and give you an example . |
| 26 | So I 'll try and give you an idea some time tomorrow morning of the of the situation . |
| 27 | And they 've given her something low in glucose and that you know to kind of try and stabilize it a bit . |
| 28 | This morning they 're different again down there cos I 've been down there and I 've looked at the situation erm and I 've had a word with the lads there and I will try and alter it a little bit more . |
| 29 | Erm , I 'll try and summarise them A perce an understanding of perception , whereby we say that i features are hierarchically extracted , is unable to deal with ambiguous input . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , thanks very much , ’ said Dolly , ‘ and why do n't you try and get me a spare face as well , seein' you do n't like the one I 've got ? ’ |