Example sentences of "try and [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No I 'm not : first I 'm going to wander round Bristol and try and get myself a job , then I 'm going to persuade the manager to give me an advance of a few pounds so I can get myself something to eat and find somewhere to stay . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I try and remember what the letter was about , but I 've forgot . |
| 4 | Try and remember it the best you can . |
| 5 | I try and make women 's history clearer , because obviously they 've done history A level so they 've probably learnt about wars and all the male sort of things , so what women were doing and thinking and the way in which that has been suppressed ; as much as possible I like to teach by not putting very much of what I think across but trying to get other people to produce it … also encouraging them to share as an experience and personal responses and talking about things one would n't normally talk about in the department , the emotional side of things , in quotes ‘ irrational ’ , ‘ intuitive ’ and all of that , and valuing that … try and make it a space where people can say whatever they want to say ; I suppose value things that would not be valued elsewhere . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Try and find yourself a nice , decent husband and settle down . |
| 8 | We try and beat it every week . ’ |
| 9 | Try and give him the benefit of the doubt . |
| 10 | Try and give her a red nightie . |
| 11 | If there was no correlation , well you 'd expect them to be mixed up a bit so that negatives might occur with negatives or they might occur with positives vice-versa Now , I 'm g try and give you a feel for how these numbers , how we work out the correlation coefficient in terms of Z scores . |