Example sentences of "[adv] trying [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they were going along trying to open shop doors , they could go in as a suspected person loitering but it was n't looked upon very favourably by the courts . |
| 2 | If there are major disagreements as to concepts ( eg as to whether the warranties are to be very detailed or are merely trying to catch material items ) it may be necessary to have a meeting of the principals to resolve the concepts against which the agreement is to be negotiated . |
| 3 | ‘ We are merely trying to buy information . ’ |
| 4 | Staff managers are therefore constantly trying to acquire line functions . |
| 5 | basically he 's studied this minute area of China and , and basically , from that minute area of China , from his experiences , bearing in mind that he 's obviously trying to sell revolution , he is then generalizing about the whole of China . |
| 6 | ‘ Love me , Ace … ’ she whispered in his ear , painfully trying to keep hold of that insubstantial thread of feeling before it evaporated between them . |
| 7 | BANGKOK — Cambodian guerrillas are staging raids from Thailand on government positions in the northwest of the country but are not trying to hold territory , a guerrilla spokesman said yesterday , Reuter reports . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm not trying to preach Socialism to you , Mr Judge , I 'm simply telling you that as long as there 's armaments being loaded from Number Five Warehouse , I wo n't be working there today . |
| 9 | The Water Services Association , the trade body representing the water companies , said the suppliers were not trying to make access to information difficult for consumers . |
| 10 | Eventually Gurder said , ‘ You 're not trying to find Grandson Richard at all ? ’ |
| 11 | LTA sales director Brian Robinson says they 're not trying to impose censorship but fear graffiti ; RSC director Michael Bogdanov argues that the drawing is a great European classic and that Britain is a small minded and prudish nation . |
| 12 | Strudwick , still desperately trying to put rugby league on the map in the capital , said : ‘ It 's been hectic this week , having to dash to and fro from the training ground to the hospital . |
| 13 | Certainly she was desperately trying to raise money , and one John Crosse , with whom she may have had an affair , was involved . |
| 14 | Officers and firemen found the blazing vehicle finally at a halt , with the crew desperately trying to rescue equipment . |
| 15 | I was desperately trying to keep control but felt horribly threatened . |
| 16 | To me , Troublesome Behaviour is about four people desperately trying to make contact with each other . |
| 17 | Mrs Morley said : ‘ The people who claim they have a share of Julia are just trying to get publicity . ’ |
| 18 | They 're just trying to cut labour costs . ’ |
| 19 | I was just trying to make conversation . |
| 20 | what what you 're just trying to complicate reference |
| 21 | At Fudan University in Shanghai , a number of students held an election ‘ campaign ’ , giving speeches , distributing details about themselves and generally trying to rally support from prospective voters . |
| 22 | Some Georgian officials suspect that Alabama is deviously trying to steal development away from Atlanta by turning off the city 's tap . |
| 23 | She 's always trying to make trouble for me , because she 's nothing but a jealous , vindictive old woman . |
| 24 | I know what it 's like trying to get alcohol out of your clothes . |
| 25 | that 's what I said to Ron , I mean I 've never known I ca n't remember the last time I when I used to work for Colin for ten years trying to get a holiday out of Colin was like trying to get blood ! |
| 26 | ‘ So it 's ironic that as enterprise and liberty rise from the dead ashes of state control , the Labour Party here is still trying to blow life into those old embers . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ As enterprise and liberty arise from the dead ashes of state control , ’ she said , ‘ the Labour Party here is still trying to blow life into those old embers . ’ |
| 28 | As the Soviet authorities were still trying to restore order in the Transcaucasian republic of Azerbaijan following the violence there in January [ see below ; pp. 37168-70 ] , nationalist rioting erupted on Feb. 11 in Dushanbe , the capital of the Central Asian republic of Tadjikistan , which had hitherto been largely untouched by the nationalist or inter-ethnic unrest afflicting much of the southern Soviet Union . |
| 29 | We are still trying to raise money , though , in the hope that the collection will continue to expand . |
| 30 | ‘ Maybe another two hours , Chief , I 'm still trying to make head or tail of this Gruninger case . ’ |