Example sentences of "who be trying [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Will he confirm that the directive , which is strongly supported by the Labour party , would discriminate heavily against part-time workers , especially women who are trying to combine a job with family responsibilities ? |
2 | And there are also foreign firms , Netto and Aldi , who are trying to get a toehold here . |
3 | Three of them , catching a youth who is trying to push a bicycle through a snowdrift , tip him into the gutter and stuff his shirt with snow . |
4 | A passenger who is screaming to get out of a car , who is trying to stop a driver driving dangerously , will still be guilty of the aggravated offence . |
5 | I never actually experienced the drama of dealing with any lack of moral fibre ( LMF ) cases , although I can imagine the difficulty faced by a CO who is trying to run a squadron in wartime if suddenly he was confronted with a case of LMF . |
6 | Corbett grabbed a groom who was trying to lead a horse to the stables at the far end of the bailey but the fool could not understand him and Corbett simply drew a blank look , followed by a shrug and muttered curses . |
7 | Officers also want to trace another man who was trying to hire a taxi in the area where the body was found . |
8 | And neither Hopkins , who had plenty of journalistic work , or Miles , who was running a bookshop , or Haynes , who was trying to run a theatre company , wanted to edit it , and probably could n't anyway . |