Example sentences of "i [was/were] trying [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I were trying to get through to her . |
| 2 | He is in fact opposing himself to the view that I was trying to get out of the older writers , namely that beauty is the name of some sort of spiritual being . |
| 3 | He is in fact opposing himself to the view I was trying to get out of the older writers , namely that ‘ beauty ’ is the name of some sort of spiritual being . |
| 4 | I was trying to catch up with you , but I could n't . ’ |
| 5 | I was trying to catch up on housework |