Example sentences of "trying [to-vb] you [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been trying to find you for ages . ’ |
| 2 | A load of camera gear assumes a life of its own , swinging round at awkward moments , trying to catch you off balance and topple you over the edge . |
| 3 | I , too , felt our meeting in Henry 's office was useful and I look forward to trying to provide you with a resource which you will find relevant . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | ‘ He 's just trying to provoke you into giving an indiscreet answer that he can misquote … ’ |
| 6 | I 'm up all night for nights and you do n't thank me , you act as if I 'm trying to exclude you from something . |
| 7 | My eyes started to blink and a lump stuck in my throat … if you have ever seen a dog barking in French , wagging not only its rudder but its complete hind quarters , and trying to punch you in your chest at the same time — there you have Emily 's welcome in a nut-shell . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | We 're saying , we 're trying to help you by raising this money , erm it 's not sort of lecturing them or anything , we 're trying to focus on communities and empower them by giving them money for projects they want to happen , it 's not anything we 've decided . |
| 10 | ‘ Forgive me , ’ I prayed , ‘ for trying to bribe you with emotion . ’ |
| 11 | It took me quite a while to convince him that my being with you was because I was trying to persuade you to — ’ |
| 12 | I do apo I was n't trying to put you as the bad boy on that end of the continual , I was n't Alan , I 'm |
| 13 | Alan , I 'm sorry if I 'm sort of trying to put you at the end and continue and I I do n't intend it like that . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | The client does not know what to expect and it is your responsibility to ensure that he or she does not waste time trying to contact you at inappropriate times . |
| 16 | We 're trying to shame you into thinking about it , about acting . |
| 17 | She 's trying to protect you from your destiny , which is to be a half-caste in England . |
| 18 | There 's no question of anyone trying to keep you in St Benedict 's against your will , but if you would consent to remain with us , say , overnight I 'd be very grateful . |
| 19 | More often than not the gravel is piled up against the front glass of the tank as though the fish are trying to keep you from prying into their nest . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I am not trying to punish you for what Steve did to Maria Luisa . |
| 22 | After a long few seconds Karelius said , ‘ I can see it 's no use trying to convince you of the way I feel . |
| 23 | There was a large pool of unemployed in those days and it seemed to us that no sooner were you in than they were trying to get you off the job . |
| 24 | I 've been trying to get you for ages but your line 's been engaged . ’ |
| 25 | You think I 'm trying to get you into bed so I can have some sort of hold over you . |
| 26 | I was n't trying to get you in trouble . |
| 27 | If you think I am trying to influence you into sending for this excellent program , part of my horoscope said ‘ You may feel a need to influence people and gain recognition for your talents ’ . |
| 28 | The man who constantly criticises may be trying to change you into the person he wants you to be , when he should be loving you for the person you are . |
| 29 | Was he trying to quiz you about last night ? ’ |
| 30 | if , if Freud 's theory of the group is correct , that it 's centred on the leader playing the super role then the presumably the leader could exhort members of the group to act better than they normally would , because after all one of the super leader 's functions is to set the goals for the ego and to give the the goal , the ego something to aspire to so er and as Joy mentioned in her papers and I 'm trying to remind you of , y you , you said that quoting Freud if you recall that , that , that Freud says and I think he , he , he repeats this from the also made the same observation that in a group or a crowd people can act a lot worse than they normally would , they can be more destructive , primitive erm and er more governed by their erm base emotions as it were , but equally in a crowd people can act better than they normally would . |