Example sentences of "[conj] has [been] trying " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bea , 68 , wants to move to London from Hollywood , and has been trying out future homes over here . |
| 2 | The man behind the take-over bid is understood to be a key figure in the Jersey tourist industry and has been trying unsuccessfully for years to get a Channel Island summer soccer tournament off the ground . |
| 3 | His death comes amid a widening split in the party between his loyalists and supporters of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif , who leads a coalition government led by the PML and has been trying to take over the party leadership . |
| 4 | China is North Korea 's closest ally and has been trying to defuse recent tensions . |
| 5 | Saddam Hussein disagrees with what the Kurds would like and has been trying to eradicate them from Iraq by killing them with his powerful army . |