Example sentences of "have been trying [to-vb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both sides have agreed in principle to a referendum on the future of the territory , and the United Nations has been trying to achieve agreement on its details but , despite concessions by Polisario , little progress has been made . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm sorry miss , but the station has been trying to get hold of you for several days , ’ he interrupted . |
| 3 | E. The Government has been trying to help people in these country areas , particularly in the north . |
| 4 | ICI has been trying to develop substitutes for halons 1211 and 1301 , but as yet none of the agents under trial match their performance . |
| 5 | but erm she 'd been trying to get hold of George I think for about two hours . |
| 6 | He was run over by thieves who 'd been trying to steel aluminimum worth less than two hundred pounds . |
| 7 | Nina , had been trying to open nuts with an irregularly shaped hammer . |
| 8 | In Hollywood , McDevitt , a would-be screenwriter , had been trying to generate interest in a film script about two thieves who hide stolen works of art in a cave in Germany . |
| 9 | ‘ In terms of ideas , I had been trying to produce pictures at that time which had a very flat , two-dimensional feel to them , being torn between what I think are two different ends of photography , but which both have that quality . |
| 10 | The journalist Robert Katz had been trying to interest producers in a film adaptation of his extensive account last year in Esquire magazine of the battle between Willem de Kooning and his daughter . |
| 11 | I 've been trying to spot room for that |
| 12 | went to put the , he , he went away again , but I , I did mention to the police , who I might say were very helpful were ninety per cent of burglars do n't get cleared up so of course it was n't important and I never expected it would be , but I did mention to the police at the time that I would like an future occasion because I 've been trying to use guns in America er to have a gun in the house but they er , but they would n't erm agree to it at all |
| 13 | Great , I 've been trying to get hold of you . |
| 14 | ‘ Finally , I 've been trying to get hold of you since yesterday afternoon ! |
| 15 | ‘ That 's why I 've been trying to get hold of you . ’ |
| 16 | As you know , I 've been trying to get hold of you all week . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 've been trying to get hold of you for the past half-hour ! ’ |
| 18 | I 've been trying to get hold of you for the past two hours ! ’ the man exclaimed harshly as he stared down at Laura , who was gazing back at him as though she 'd seen a ghost . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been trying to get hold of you to see what all this nonsense is about . |
| 20 | I 've been trying to get hold of him |
| 21 | you know what I 've been trying to get hold of a couple of one of these you know the phones , the phones that Donald 's got |
| 22 | Since then I have been trying to gain recognition from Technics . |
| 23 | FOR months now I have been trying to contain excitement at the thought of the compact disc . |
| 24 | Leigh chief executive John Stringer said : ‘ We have been trying to sign John for weeks . |
| 25 | So she 's been trying to get work off her . |
| 26 | Cheltenham swimmer Kevin Morris who 's been trying to make history by swimming the channel backstroke has missed out again … he was three and half hours out from Dover when a throat infection sunk his dreams … |