Example sentences of "try and [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I can do , Father Poole thought despairingly , is to try and give him the spiritual strength to resist such a temptation . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ I want you to try and remember everything the two of you said , right from the beginning . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | ‘ I left lecturing to try and see what the big wide world had to offer , but things never worked out . |
| 10 | And he said Beck and Pollitzers often hire cars he said and you know he said I thought I 'd try and get you the business . |
| 11 | Sh shall we try and see what the er , what the general feeling on this is ? |
| 12 | If I 'm , try and tell me the steps that you went through to work out how you were going to draw your pie charts . |
| 13 | I try and remember what the letter was about , but I 've forgot . |
| 14 | Try and remember it the best you can . |
| 15 | Try and understand what the interviewer will be hoping to find out by asking the questions , so that your replies can be relevant and informative . |
| 16 | Try and give him the benefit of the doubt . |