Example sentences of "trying [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Huh , ’ said Angalo , nonchalantly trying to swivel around in the chair in case any tentacled things with teeth were trying to creep up on him . |
| 2 | He began vaguely opening drawers and cupboards , trying to see out of the corner of his eye whether there were any more of Tessa 's belongings lying about the floor . |
| 3 | Please forgive the shortish letter , but I am trying to catch up for the time I was ill , and have quite a heavy teaching programme . |
| 4 | They seem to be trying to catch up with the West of the Fifties . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Who 's Isobel ? ’ asked Mr Stych , trying to catch up with the tale . |
| 6 | She was trying to stand up in the pool but could n't because of the costume . |
| 7 | Both Croatia and the Lebanon objected on the grounds that Sotheby 's had been far from complete in its discovery process , and was trying to slip out from the case before the evidence of Mr Camber was made available . |
| 8 | ‘ Would n't call that huge , ’ said Gedanken trying to squint up at the Sun . |
| 9 | THIS RECORD is the sound of a band trying to sneak out of the house without us noticing . |
| 10 | Peru is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president , Alan Garcia . |
| 11 | The loose scree is very difficult ground for anyone trying to climb back to the path . |
| 12 | It produces the archetypal image of the Christian , afraid of life , always trying to climb back into the Garden of Eden , by creating a world of fantasy if necessary to inhabit at the expense of living in the real world . |
| 13 | He compounded this appalling error of judgement by standing up to applaud the winners , a misguided attempt at gallantry which resulted in me trying to run out of the stadium and refusing to talk to him all the way home . |
| 14 | One or two offers of touring productions or guest star status in provincial reps came in , a sure sign that their managements were trying to cash in on the name of Michael Banks before it was completely forgotten . |
| 15 | So we sort of like trying to hang on for the time being about the door . |
| 16 | Soon she was joined by a peasant woman dressed in black who told her that she was trying to get on to the hospital in Toulon for news of her son . |
| 17 | We staged with the Sultan of Oman and Muscat , and Salalah , and I can recall one evening a hit of a commotion , when one of the Wapiti crews of No 55 Squadron caused an uproar by trying to get on to the roof . |
| 18 | Speedie was just trying to get on with the game . |
| 19 | Like a fat woman trying to get up off the grass . |
| 20 | And I said he 's gon na do damage if he 's trying to get up at the door |
| 21 | The US and Japan pretty much have the microprocessor design business to themselves , but now it looks as if Taiwan 's government-backed Computer & Communication Research Laboratories is trying to get in on the act . |
| 22 | Were there any other rival boatmen , people trying to get in on the scene ? |
| 23 | Indeed , the business is so popular that professional pornography producers are trying to get in on the action with their own ‘ amateur ’ videos . |
| 24 | Ken Kessler is an ordinary person trying to get by in the information age . |
| 25 | Ken Kessler is an ordinary person trying to get by in the information age . |
| 26 | Forced to convene yet another extraordinary meeting by sacked directors trying to get back on the board , Amalgamated Financial Investments has sent out a suitably apologetic letter to shareholders . |
| 27 | Mr Takeshita , who subsequently wangled a meeting with Mr Bush to chat about the SII talks , has spent the past couple of weeks trying to get back into the limelight . |
| 28 | ‘ Imagine someone who had given up teaching five years ago trying to get back into the profession now . |
| 29 | It 's at that point that many women start trying to get back into the labour market and at that point it is extremely difficult , so I think that we 're talking about a number of things . |
| 30 | ‘ You 're all mad , ’ said a red-nosed Bardolphian Gefreiter , ‘ I wish I could be a prisoner : you would n't catch me trying to get back to the war ’ |