Example sentences of "[coord] try [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Go back downstairs or try and get a better shot at one of the bastards from up here ? |
| 2 | ‘ Listen , Roger , go for a walk in the grounds or try and pour more balm on Mandeville 's troubled spirit . |
| 3 | Well , you could describe it differently yes , or try and think of another one , all right , right let's start again . |
| 4 | I would suggest we do not need a second read of the discussion , but that can people keep an eye on , or try and change what is already there on pollution itself . |
| 5 | The salesperson may pre-empt the objection in the following manner : ‘ My company is smaller than most in the industry which means that we respond quicker to our customers ’ needs and try that bit harder to make sure our customers are happy . ’ |
| 6 | The staff talked only banalities at her , until she could have screamed with irritation , and try as she might to ignore it , there was no doubt in her mind that they disliked her , these crisp women in their crisp uniforms . |
| 7 | He had gone out of her life suddenly and without explanation and try as she might Theresa simply could not get over losing him . |
| 8 | Poland had been trapped in a time capsule , and try as it might to struggle free , the parameters of its political and spiritual life had been set firm for years to come by the humiliation of invisibility . |
| 9 | They were the faces of two entirely separate people , and try as I would to superimpose them they would n't focus into a single man for whom I had a single , straightforward feeling . |
| 10 | Creggan had never in his short life felt so desolate , and try as he did he could not rest and fall asleep . |
| 11 | On the third day , she was taken for interrogation , and try as she might , she could n't stop the butterflies in her stomach . |
| 12 | But the pain inflicted on her by Johnny had been deliberate , and try as she may to avoid the unpleasant truth , she knew that he had enjoyed it . |
| 13 | Even gallons of Dettol ca n't mask celestial incense , and try as she might , there was incense all over the floor every bleeding morning . |
| 14 | And try as she might she could not detach her eyes from the object on the table that had so totally winded her . |
| 15 | But take courage , and try and encourage your children to talk about their feelings too . |
| 16 | Take her to the kitchen and try and wash some of that glass out . ’ |
| 17 | Between these two poles of urban progressive Gujerati families and Muslim peasant families fall the majority of situations , where the parents do not show much interest in their daughter 's school life and try and restrict her if she wants to enter higher education . |
| 18 | I find her some matches and try and light one , but it wo n't light . |
| 19 | I lie down on the bench and try and make myself comfy . |
| 20 | I open my eyes and try and look at my trousers to see if it 's true , but my eyes are all blurry and I ca n't see proper . |
| 21 | There 's nothing you can do except stand up for your own and try and get Liam out before two o'clock . |
| 22 | And as a DJ it means you can pace the night better , play a lot of different sorts of music and try and create a rave atmosphere in the club . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ They know they have no option but to stay in the job and try and do better , but the harsh truth is that those who have high production costs and low productivity will not survive the next three or four years of rapid transition . ’ |
| 24 | On his initial visit to the home of the bereaved he would feel that he had a very short ti me indeed to set out his wares and try and convince the family to buy the package . |
| 25 | We measure different degrees in the quality of eyesight and try and correct deficiencies with spectacles . |
| 26 | We can remove the cause of the habit , reduce the horse 's anxiety , and try and establish other patterns of behaviour . |
| 27 | If you go into any of the high-street shops , and try and get something decent over a size 14 , there 's no way you can do it , unless you want to make your own clothes . |
| 28 | And if you look around at the world and try and find the women in positions of power , you have to say , where are they ? |
| 29 | ‘ I used to ring places up and try and get them gigs . |
| 30 | If you have got yourself in this situation and can not get back to the beach , drop your sail and try and attract attention , by waving the fluorescent flag you should be carrying . |