Example sentences of "he [vb -s] be trying " in BNC.

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1 All he has been trying to do is to trying to ensure that there 's been even-handed play here on all the stadium sites and it 's disgraceful that his name has been dragged into this !
2 He has been trying for three years and he said today : ‘ Maybe it is because , God knows , I 've had some leg problems and I just can not climb those steps that easily , ’ he joked .
3 But he has been trying to unload the firm since last year to help his debt-laden holding company , BTF , and clear the way for him to pursue his political career .
4 I know Edward Richards who he mentions is trying hard to push our qualifications in Poland and therefore feel confidence about his support .
5 Then Paul said , I do n't know why you 're sticking up for him , he 's been trying to get you slung out on your ear for ages .
6 He 's not naturally aggressive — he 's not a friend of John Major 's for nothing — and he 's not nasty enough ; he 's been trying , no doubt psyching himself up in the mirror in the mornings — ‘ I will be beastly to them !
7 ‘ Now I know he 's been trying everything he can to take my place and whatever James Hunt says , he does n't want it for nothing . ’
8 He 's been trying to contact you . ’
9 He 's been trying to speak to you to warn you .
10 He 's been trying to get you .
11 He 's been trying to do something about the brambles and nettles . ’
12 He 's been trying grass again today .
13 For a year now he 's been trying to avoid packaged and drilled TV appearances , and enduring repetitive questions from bemused Europeans about sampling or acid house But he 's still managed to have some fun .
14 Denis Smith says he 's been trying to get players since he came but has to sell first and there have been no bids for any of the players .
15 but erm he 's been trying to get her back now , you know , but he did n't wan na give up this other girl !
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