Example sentences of "trying [to-vb] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been trying to find you for ages . ’ |
| 2 | The rest of the afternoon had been more or less normal for the time of year except that Ted had been following Pete around for most of it , trying to pump him for details of what had happened between him and Diane Jackson . |
| 3 | A botanist spent 10 minutes trying to identify it for me , while I fretted between the reception desk and the child . |
| 4 | ‘ So , given that I have a political opportunity , I tend to become an enthusiast harnessing the forces that are at work , trying to get the best out of them , trying to use them for the political purposes that I believe in . |
| 5 | ‘ What was he doing there , anyway ? ’ 'Raoul was trying to tap him for money . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , David , why are you trying to spoil it for me ? |
| 7 | They had been trying to contact her for several days . |
| 8 | He offered to tutor the girl , but after trying to teach her for a while , gave it up as he considered she was unable to focus on what she was being taught . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh Simon ! ’ he said , looking at my face as if he was trying to memorize it for some exam . |
| 10 | I am not trying to punish you for what Steve did to Maria Luisa . |
| 11 | ‘ We 've been trying to wake him for half an hour , ’ said Fritz . |
| 12 | Exactly , they 're trying to screw me for every single penny they can get out of me |
| 13 | I 've been trying to get you for ages but your line 's been engaged . ’ |
| 14 | I wonder whether they were n't trying to get it for the museum . |
| 15 | The brick was wrapped in two notes , the first apologised for the mess and the second , bearing Trevor Proby 's signature , offered to lend me the £250 the club are still trying to stitch me for after that car boot sale fiasco . |
| 16 | ‘ She 's trying to take me for everything I 've got , my friend , ‘ he said . |
| 17 | That crucial time in a child 's life when he has the ability to understand that his parents and teachers are trying to prepare him for his adult life , will not necessarily be related to his age . |
| 18 | And last night , instead of trying to comfort him for his loss , he told him it was God 's vengeance upon him . |
| 19 | ‘ And , while I appreciate your charitable intent in trying to comfort me for Lotta 's absence from my bed , I tell you once more that the time when I might have needed consolation for Lotta 's tricks has long since passed , and the fact that I 've chosen to live the life of a monk for the past six months is because until the past few days I have felt no desire to give in to the temptations paraded before me . ’ |