Example sentences of "have [been] trying [to-vb] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They looked at each other , Jean-Paul focusing his eyes with difficulty , and Edouard saw the coarsening in his brother which he had been trying to ignore for days . |
| 2 | Robert recognized faces he had been trying to avoid for weeks . |
| 3 | One of the pink slips was a Returning-Your-Call message from a recently-elected female politician she had been trying to contact for days . |
| 4 | But BitC was an outfit with drive , enthusiasm , and a determination to make the sort of changes in society that Charles had been trying to make for years . |
| 5 | It may just be the book you have been trying to find for years ! |