Example sentences of "have [be] trying for " in BNC.
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| 31 | But if you can actually influence the French let us know because , or let the government know , because they , they 've been trying for years ever since Napoleon 's day , to try and do something . |
| 32 | We 've been trying for some time to employ as many players as possible during the winter , and this sponsorship means that it should be possible to take the worry of finding winter employment away from virtually all of them . |
| 33 | I 've been trying for days , though , I 'm coming over tomorrow . |
| 34 | and I 've been trying for ages but there just has n't been any cos |
| 35 | Great local artists like Gilberto Gil have been trying for years to promote their country 's music , but ( as with the African-music boom ) it has taken the combination of an enthusiastic American super-star and cosmopolitan French audiences to really make the change . |
| 36 | We have been trying for years , centuries , to establish this and it is only because of help from outside that we have been able to do it now . |
| 37 | Scientists have been trying for years to realize the potential of hydrogen , but they have been thwarted by the problem of storing the gas , which is highly explosive and needs to be kept in high-pressure containers . |
| 38 | The woman , who is married and lives in Formby , Sefton , said : ‘ I have been trying for a child for 19 years . |
| 39 | Murray said : ‘ We have been trying for months to sign the right sort of player to replace Joe Allon . |
| 40 | There 's nothing new in that — she 's been trying for years . |