Example sentences of "[was/were] try [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His friends and colleagues were trying to persuade him at the time that this would not be wise — what on earth would happen to the British election campaign if the country had to go to war in the Gulf half-way through ? |
| 2 | They were trying to back it into a stable but the magnificent beast was all set to charge . |
| 3 | If you try saying ‘ yes ’ or ‘ no ’ with a level tone ( rather as though you were trying to sing them on a steady note ) you may find the result does not sound natural , and indeed English speakers do not use level tones on one-syllable utterances very frequently . |
| 4 | They were trying plug them for a hundred and fifty thousand were n't they ? |
| 5 | Our meals now regularly consisted of hummus , salad , chips and often meat , chicken or fried steak ( which George called ‘ buffteak ’ which was closer to the mark — and particularly apt when we were trying to cut it with the inevitable plastic knife ) , and glasses of Pepsi . |
| 6 | There was a large pool of unemployed in those days and it seemed to us that no sooner were you in than they were trying to get you off the job . |
| 7 | Atrimonides was grabbing wildly at her , desperately flailing his hands and feet , and Cheryl realized he was trying to use her as a reaction mass to slow his own fall . |
| 8 | It certainly was n't because he was trying to save her from a Fate Worse than Death . |
| 9 | Having him there at the beginning was simply a stroke of luck so colossal that Henry 's natural pessimism was trying to turn it into a disaster . |
| 10 | He was trying to move it off the path . |
| 11 | And that 's I was trying to put myself in the position of before . |
| 12 | He was trying to put her in the wrong again . |
| 13 | There was cramp in my neck and arms and I was so tired that it seemed almost as if a malevolent magnetism was trying to drag me to the ground . |
| 14 | no wonder it was , me dad was trying to get her into the house and everything and she said oh well so and so 's got me key well I said I 'm not bloody phoning er their Nora |
| 15 | I just wonder what 's I last I heard they were the receiver was trying to pull it into the collapse but er |
| 16 | Days later I realised he was trying to tell me about the Brighton bombing ; it had occurred the same morning . |
| 17 | I met a scum fan on the bus home from town late on Saturday night who was trying to tell me in a very loud voice that Strachan was now ‘ past it ’ and ‘ knackered ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ Of course Eustace was trying to establish himself as a solicitor at that time . |
| 19 | The pace certainly quickened — too much so for some fathers who believed the conservative minority was trying to hurry them towards a close , leaving some business unfinished . |
| 20 | He huddled up as if he was trying to roll himself into a ball . |
| 21 | Sooner or later she would have found out for herself , and the interrogation would have been worse still if she 'd thought Rory was trying to keep her in the dark about such a momentous event in her life . |