Example sentences of "[vb base] try " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the rest of my life I mean to try and make amends by helping such people to live cleaner and healthier lives . ’ |
| 2 | Therefore , should we not use our strength and influence to try to organise throughout the west a Marshall plan , similar to the one after the second world war , to strengthen the hands of those who are doing their utmost to stave off anything approximating to anarchy ? |
| 3 | Or perhaps it proves that women tend to try to be attractive to upstage one another and they completely forget that men are going to find them attractive too . ’ |
| 4 | Failed suicides tend to try again , just as ( failed ) anorexics tend to relapse , and yet both can live for years without resorting either to self-destruction or self-starvation . |
| 5 | tend to try and get rid of the T V because you do n't want the distraction in the background . |
| 6 | ‘ I intend to try . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I intend to try , ’ he said drily . |
| 8 | I am prepared to be convinced that that is not the case and that the Government mean well and intend to try to open up educational opportunity to everyone , no matter their class background . |
| 9 | In spite of Home Office advice to stay at home , they intend to try again . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's why I intend to try and stick in this country . |
| 11 | ‘ That 's why I intend to try and stick in this country . |
| 12 | Er , equally colleagues , I intend to try and take er key national officers ' report during the course of this morning . |
| 13 | I want to try something . ’ |
| 14 | If you want to try acupuncture , ask your vet and he should be able to ‘ point ’ you in the right direction ! |
| 15 | It aims to make more information about Gerson available , fund research projects , and eventually it hopes to set up a centre for people who want to try it , in combination with psychological counselling , according to Renee Henry . |
| 16 | Beth 's experience suggests that people do n't change deep down , even if they really want to try to please their partner . |
| 17 | The charity shop 's not really a proper shop — it ai n't smart or none of that , and there 's just a couple of old women sitting by an electric fire and helping out customers when they want to try on clothes and that . |
| 18 | ‘ Now I want to try the other . ’ |
| 19 | If you want to try them , you can buy them from Clare for a small consideration which will be donated to charity . |
| 20 | Remember though , if you are unaccustomed to vigorous exercise and are over 35 , it is a good idea to consult your doctor if you want to try something as vigorous as squash for the first time . |
| 21 | Next , if you want to try to get sponsorship then write to the importers or dealers in this country — their addresses are in the ads of this magazine — do n't try writing direct to the USA , they wo n't want to know . |
| 22 | We only want to try to run a straight line through a cloud of data points if the relationship looks linear . |
| 23 | Briefly summarised , our scheme is likely to be attractive to those researchers who have reached a stage in their careers , either young post docs or those of more mature years , where they want to try something new or unconventional . |
| 24 | Teenage boys , like young bulls in a herd , often jockey for position and want to try out their own strength . |
| 25 | ‘ Want to try again ? ’ |
| 26 | But you want to try these pickups before you dismiss them out of hand . |
| 27 | ‘ Mama , I want to try on my new dress , ’ Anna said . |
| 28 | I want to ride as much as I can , but I want to try to be sensible at the same time . |
| 29 | But , he adds , the problem is not acute because Quorn is aimed chiefly at a ‘ mainstream ’ market — carnivores who want to try healthier eating , rather than ‘ pure ’ vegetarians . |
| 30 | If you want to try a pack free , DIY readers have the opportunity to do so by sending their name and address on a postcard to : , . |