Example sentences of "trying [to-vb] [adv prt] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Were there any other rival boatmen , people trying to get in on the scene ? |
| 4 | Indeed , the business is so popular that professional pornography producers are trying to get in on the action with their own ‘ amateur ’ videos . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He thought the cannabis was being shipped in by a small-time Dutch gangster trying to muscle in on the Amsterdam syndicate . |
| 7 | How could you , for instance , put the smarmy , tax-dodging , moonlighting , computer whizz-kid in the same bag as the shoeshine boy trying to make out on the streets of a Third World city ? |