Example sentences of "trying [to-vb] [pers pn] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well this is why we were trying to relate it to districts . |
| 2 | What made me laugh was the Conservative broadcast on Wednesday was real propaganda , trying to frighten you to death that if the Labour got in |
| 3 | I had problems with tutors trying to encourage me to diversity my work and experiment with other styles , but I was quite happy with the direction my work was heading so I stubbornly stuck to it . |
| 4 | I had problems with tutors trying to encourage me to diversity my work and experiment with other styles , but I was quite happy with the direction my work was heading so I stubbornly stuck to it . |
| 5 | and you go up this thing that winds in and out and like there 'd be cockerels sitting on the , on the little fences you have to go round , trying to peck you to death , er I was like only tiny , you know , it was just like |
| 6 | The most difficult aspect of a merger is trying to put a team together of people who come from different business cultures and trying to adjust them to a different end . |
| 7 | The wicked Dr Mamuk has stolen the secret plans for a virtual reality chamber and is trying to sell them to an alien race . |
| 8 | I 'd rather fill this page with angry letters attacking people who are entertained/moved by fascism , racism , homophobia , whether it 's Morrissey ‘ exploring its fascination ’ or someone scooping out their own shit and trying to sell it to us as ‘ common sense ’ , than have another letter like yours , the first half ( not printed here , lucky readers ) of which is something incomprehensible about The Wedding Present — DQ |
| 9 | This actually tests two things , the capabilities of the software itself and those of the dealer trying to sell it to you . |
| 10 | Well out of order , the thing is if that 'd been , if that 'd been another troop trying to do it to him , there would of been , there would of been shit |
| 11 | One girl at the safe house said she was beaten up by two other girls trying to persuade her to ‘ go on the game ’ . |
| 12 | It took me quite a while to convince him that my being with you was because I was trying to persuade you to — ’ |
| 13 | And every time a bolt from the blue heads in your direction , you must ask yourself : What is this trying to awaken me to ? |
| 14 | No-one knows any longer when Morrissey is being sarcastic and when he is trying to awaken us to something . |
| 15 | You can deny it to me all you like — I just hope you 're not trying to deny it to yourself . ’ |
| 16 | The Scottish chaplains spent several months in trying to convert him to Presbyterianism . |
| 17 | but then again I 'd rather just let them get on with it I 'm not trying to convert you to the better way of doing things , cos obviously I do n't know a whether there 's |
| 18 | She must be trying to lure him to it , the naughty girl . |
| 19 | In effect they will be assessing you in much the same way that you make your own self-assessment and then trying to match you to jobs in the way that you should do when applying for jobs directly . |
| 20 | My son Lio ! rt is trying to hack him to pieces . |
| 21 | He was trying to hold it to his chest . |
| 22 | And because it was so normal to us , it is very strange now trying to describe it to you . |
| 23 | Some girls apparently continue screaming despite the fact that a number of fellows have already reached her and are trying to wrestle her to the ground . |
| 24 | I hope that the hon. Member for Beaconsfield will serve on the Committee that will examine the Bill , although I am not trying to condemn him to that if he does not wish to be there , because I think that we might be able to find some common ground . |
| 25 | I , on the other hand , am organised and punctual and trying to get her to be organised wears me out . |
| 26 | The room was rippling with the sounds of their scuffle as they fought in bitter silence , knocking into wooden furniture , she trying to get away , he trying to get her to the bed until they fell against a nightstand and it crashed to the floor . |
| 27 | ‘ But the Thing is trying to get him to be sensible . |
| 28 | review with them where they 're at , record how they 're doing , you know tra , I mean I ca n't tell them to do that , but actually ask them to spend five or ten minutes each session talking to different pupils and what they 've been doing and you know even if it 's a personal timetable some people wo n't get into it but it 's you know , trying to get them to be what are tutors are , you know , I 'd like them to do . |
| 29 | Well , we 're just trying to get ours to work tonight , it 's broke down . |
| 30 | Both are there but it has no effect on plane polarised light , for instance , like , as if one of them is trying to rotate it to the left by so many degrees and the other one is rotating to the right by the said the amount . |