Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] be [v-ing] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we are in full flow , and a word escapes us , resorting to silence is undesirable — a complete and utter silence is unacceptable , and if used would surely worry the listener : I 've been trying to find that — . |
| 2 | Voiced hesitation is a partial solution : I 've been trying to find that — erm . |
| 3 | It is unusual to have two erm 's in immediate succession — I 've been trying to find that — erm — erm — and to have three is very strange : I 've been trying to find that — erm — erm — erm — . |
| 4 | It is unusual to have two erm 's in immediate succession — I 've been trying to find that — erm — erm — and to have three is very strange : I 've been trying to find that — erm — erm — erm — . |
| 5 | ‘ Do n't you think I 've been trying to believe that ? ’ |
| 6 | His thin , pale face contorted as he said , " Well , I sha n't go into the seamy details … the more basic facets of life , but on a cleaner if more frustrating theme , I have been trying to seduce that lovely Dickson boy over the last week . |
| 7 | Though why she 'd been trying to do that , heaven only knew . |
| 8 | On the debit side we have dropped one day on the calving interval to 376 days , although not a disaster we had been trying to improve that but our heifers are calving at 28 months instead of two years three months . |
| 9 | Through surveys and informal questioning and , more recently , partnerships we have been trying to do that . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ He has been threatening to do that all season and this was his best performance to date . ’ |
| 11 | Erm , but it 's impressive that he now feels we should be allowed to spend more money to create jobs , because of course a lot of us have been trying to point that out for years to the governments which stupidly cap authorities so they ca n't actually carry out the infrastructure improvements that are needed to enable the economy and the society to function properly . |