Example sentences of "[verb] [be] trying [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She rings the same number she has been trying all day . |
| 2 | And then Clelia sighed heavily , and looked sadly at Clara 's Japanese wooden egg puzzle , which she had been trying all this while to do , and said , " How very dull for you , to hear all about my affairs , but I do so like to tell the story of my life , it makes me feel as though things hive re ally happened to me , whereas otherwise they seem not to happen . " |
| 3 | Even if they had been trying all the years between . |
| 4 | I 've been trying that for me stomach since I 've came back |
| 5 | ‘ They 've been trying all sorts of stuff , ’ said Angalo . |
| 6 | no , you s I 've been trying all morning . |
| 7 | Lots of inquiries about Foster and Allen they 're coming on the programme later they 've just got number one for the first time with their new video with their new single I do n't know I 'm not quite sure we 'll find out when they get here well they 've just got number one for the first time and they 've been trying hard for a long time . |