Example sentences of "trying [to-vb] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You were trying to help me put the names in place , without finishing it off . |
| 2 | Well I suppose you see maybe what they 're trying to do I mean as far as I know I mean previously the Inland Revenue or the valuation office part of the Inland Revenue they actually used to run a scheme where |
| 3 | Now you 're trying to make me pay . |
| 4 | OK , maybe it seems harsh , but I do n't think I 'm the only one who gets slightly bugged by dropouts trying to make me feel like I 'm insensitive and uncaring if I do n't pay for their drink . |
| 5 | OK , maybe it seems harsh , but I do n't think I 'm the only one who gets slightly bugged by dropouts trying to make me feel like I 'm insensitive and uncaring if I do n't pay for their drink . |
| 6 | It fulfilled none of my expectations and seemed to be merely trying to make me laugh at the fact that it had left me standing there grasping at nothing . |
| 7 | And I was holding myself back , tha tha , Paul was looking and trying to make me laugh ! |
| 8 | She was , however , immensely enthusiastic and encouraging , trying to make me think of the enterprise as a holiday as well as a mission with a sad and serious purpose . |
| 9 | ‘ You 're trying to make me go , are n't you ? ’ |
| 10 | He knew that I had some experience , but I think he was trying to make me relax and , perhaps , find out just how much I did or did n't know . |
| 11 | I remember dad running after me and having a long conversation trying to make me understand . ’ |
| 12 | That was your own fault for trying to make me get back into the car . |