Example sentences of "have been trying for [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | SIR — The fact that Steve Redfern has been trying for six years to resume playing rugby union after playing rugby league ( Daily Telegraph , April 2 ) shows that union is a more enjoyable game . |
| 2 | The crowds at Constitution Dock cheered the owner who has been trying for 20 years to score a major success in this race . |
| 3 | He has been trying for three years and he said today : ‘ Maybe it is because , God knows , I 've had some leg problems and I just can not climb those steps that easily , ’ he joked . |
| 4 | Andrew 's family has been trying for three years to get treatment for him . |
| 5 | Mr Kemp has been trying for several years to prod the White House into launching a serious anti-poverty programme . |
| 6 | The Old Stopfordians ' Association had been trying for many years to raise sufficient money to build the Pavilion , and indeed had sold the Harrison Towns field some three years previously for this very reason . |
| 7 | ‘ Lucky devil , I 've been trying for eight years and still have n't cracked it yet . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been trying for forty years and the margin of error 's still about eighty per cent . ’ |