Example sentences of "[adv] trying [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | especially , especially trying to do a bit of |
| 2 | While even this degree of relief Chairman in the town centre would be welcome , the problem comes in trying to justify a new bypass in terms of its cost effectiveness . |
| 3 | Can can I just say that I think it 's interesting that Mao 's sort of targeting the local tyrants and the erm the evil gentry I mean because you could , you could ar argue that basically the landlords are only trying to get a return erm which is , which is equal to what they can get if they invest all their money in or you know erm or whatever or big cities |
| 4 | ‘ Look , ’ sniffed Mel , ‘ these guys are only trying to make a bob or two … and from what I gather they usually rake in a fair bit . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ She 's only trying to make a great deal of money , ’ said Constance . |
| 6 | ‘ I will not anthropomorphize these vandals as they are wilfully and ignorantly trying to destroy a building that is there for the use of all the community . |
| 7 | Smith is charged with murdering security man Ron Letts who was run down trying to stop a stolen van leaving Harmon 's Contracts in Wolverton . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm obviously trying to have a row with you . |
| 9 | It 's hard enough trying to find a mutually convenient time for two people to meet ; comparing diaries for a group can be nearly impossible . |
| 10 | In reply , Gorbachev in his Oct. 19 Supreme Soviet address lashed out at Yeltsin , accusing him of getting " carried away trying to mount a show of strength " by demanding creation of a radical coalition government . |
| 11 | It takes time and patience to get these quiet slow spoken people to talk ; they must be sure that one is not trying to make a fool of them or mocking them . |
| 12 | I am not trying to make a nationalistic point here . |
| 13 | Because , what you 're going back to , just reemphasizing the point earlier , you 're speaking one-to-one , you 're not trying to convince a , a group of , of , of councillors , you 're trying to actually convey a message and , yes , you 're trying to convince , but you 're actually trying to convey a message doing one-to-one interview , across to people who know nothing about it , whereas councillors purport to know something about it . |
| 14 | Focus on visual information may be sharpened , when pupils are not trying to follow a sound commentary at the same time . |
| 15 | The fairy lights were on and a machine was belting out smoke two frail pure white eight year old coach men stumbled out onto stage desperately trying to heave a massive structure around the stage , containing one very beautiful princess who seemed very heavy indeed . |
| 16 | Police investigating a triple murder in Buckinghamshire are tonight desperately trying to stop a man who 's threatening to kill himself . |
| 17 | For a start , he was driving far too fast , had only just swerved in time to avoid a cyclist , and was now desperately trying to overtake a pale blue Renault , when it was obvious there was n't room , and the road ahead was too winding to see if it was clear . |
| 18 | Then , even while she was desperately trying to remember a quarter of the questions she was supposed to ask him , ‘ No , ’ he replied succinctly , ‘ it would not . ’ |
| 19 | I have this corny vision of Morrissey standing in the post-apocalyptic rubble , with his hand on his heart , desperately trying to finish a lyric before being eaten by a mutant . |
| 20 | I 'm marrying my Italian born fiancé in London and I 'm desperately trying to find a venue for the reception which can serve our guests an authentic Italian meal . |
| 21 | ‘ The last time we saw you , ’ Prue says to him , as she ladles the haricots around his gigot , ‘ you were just desperately trying to find a second line to go after ‘ Goe , and catch a falling starre . ’ |
| 22 | But others looked as though they were desperately trying to find a way out , gazing to the ceiling deep in thought . |
| 23 | He was admitted to Islington Infirmary , unable to speak , and yet desperately trying to convey a message to his daughter-in-law Margaret . |
| 24 | If you 're anything like me ( and with due apologies to the ladies ) you will have arrived home and found either your wife or husband desperately trying to shove a six foot sofa into a five foot ten inch space between a door and a wall . |
| 25 | He was desperately trying to make a connection . |
| 26 | This is the kind of dreamy Hollywood fantasy I like to float in when I 'm lying flat on my back under some dirty platform desperately trying to tack a loose wire or stubborn piece of baize into position — or standing in a wet field trying to work out exactly how the VIPs will swim through the mud from the helicopter to the marquee . |
| 27 | In the jungles of the most hostile planet in the Galaxy , two men are desperately trying to repair a small rocket ship . |
| 28 | Ruth had the feeling that he was desperately trying to inject a bit of life into the party and she felt guilty that she , for one , had so far been very dull company . |
| 29 | I hit one six and then instead of just trying to hit a single from the next I tried to hit it for four and was out . |
| 30 | Just trying to hit a six . |