Example sentences of "he [was/were] trying [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hunter-Blair owed the paper much , and after MacQuillan 's death he was trying to hang on to his position . |
| 2 | He was across the road and halfway back down Fleet Street before it occurred to him that they had been staring at him like that because they thought he was trying to push in at the head of the queue . |
| 3 | And he was trying to get round to his rear end to lick . |
| 4 | Especially when he was trying to get off with her . |
| 5 | Or he was trying to get in through the one window in the house which was approachable from the tree side . |
| 6 | Steven dreams of driving his car swiftly and effortlessly over thrilling lanes and highways … not realizing how Saturday will come , no present bought for Pervert and Queen , will have to leap into car , 11.08 Saturday morning , claw through Saturday traffic to near place of work , double-park car , run into weathered antique shop , snatch slightly unsuitable rococo frame from shelf , pay with desperate ACCESS he was trying to cut down on , emerge , tear ticket from windscreen , drive recklessly home , fling frame at Claire , discover best shirt in fact dirty and get to wedding with three minutes to spare … |
| 7 | Henry wondered if his chum , the great young cellist , had taken untimely to bed because he was trying to keep out of Henry 's marriage , or perhaps because he was nursing loneliness . |