Example sentences of "been trying find a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zborowski had been trying to find a way of flattering the old man ever since the party arrived in Nice . |
| 2 | They could tell from his footprints in the snow that he had been trying to find a fold , which is what we call a stone shelter built for gathering sheep . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been trying to find a tactful way to drop him for ages . ’ |
| 4 | Branco Babic has been trying to find a manufacturer who 's interested in the possibilities of strawcrete for the past two years . |
| 5 | And it 's particularly , I think , acute in the parish of Saint Mary 's and Saint John 's because the vicarage has been empty for two years and erm they built a new house , it was more it was cheaper to build a new house than to do the old one up , but there it 's been sat , empty for two years , and erm they 've been trying to find a buyer . |