Example sentences of "[was/were] try [to-vb] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ants were trying to return to their separate nests , or what was left of them , if anything . |
| 2 | In the uncomfortable silence that followed , while the others were trying to think of something tactful to say , the sound of a car pulling into the courtyard sounded unnaturally loud . |
| 3 | What were the problems these people were trying to handle with their various religious rituals and beliefs ? |
| 4 | The Magyar response to Vienna 's imposition of German was to try to enforce upon their non-Hungarian-speaking subjects the use of Hungarian . |
| 5 | Beside her sat old Mr Fennell , deathly white but fully conscious , while the distracted Chignell was trying to minister to them both at once . |
| 6 | Nutty was trying to put in her new contact lenses , which she found very difficult . |
| 7 | The poet suspected that the Doctor was trying to deal with his confused thoughts about the past . |
| 8 | I was trying to accomplish within my own small person what the malais had n't been able to do to a nation . |