Example sentences of "trying [to-vb] us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite fourteen years of trying to smash us into submission , they 'll fail to break the spirit of the working people of Britain . |
| 2 | ‘ Why are you trying to split us in two ? |
| 3 | But the intricacies , I know more about Europe , eventually , and other countries , due to not being having a a briefing by a Headmaster for half an hour of something The group of us , he had eight to ten of us in the room trying to prime us on what we 'd missed for a year . |
| 4 | That is the old view that a lot of the older generation of conservative German historians have been trying to persuade us of . |
| 5 | No-one knows any longer when Morrissey is being sarcastic and when he is trying to awaken us to something . |
| 6 | So a stallion may respond to punishment from us by trying to kick us with greater determination instead . |
| 7 | Which was something of a racket , plus Bazooka Joe kept on pulling the plugs on us trying to get us off the stage . |
| 8 | We had sergeants and inspectors jumping on us for the least little thing and very often trying to get us into trouble , whereas young fellows learning the job , what we needed was assistance . |
| 9 | OK , so Lawrence is enjoying himself pissing in the Rock ‘ n ’ Roll Hall Of Fame but , as the tacky synth gurgles and the Glitter beat stomps and Jonathan 's ‘ Roadrunner ’ is dusted down and ‘ Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep ’ is sampled just to bring that blood to boiling , this uppity little Brummie is trying to liberate us from history , to open our possibilities , to help each and every one of us lay claim to our own personally honest musical heritage . |
| 10 | You 're trying to blind us with all your scientific talk , so that we do n't see what you 're getting at , and leave you alone till it 's too late … ’ ‘ … you 're a wicked , evil man , like that other woman said , flying in the face of Nature and God … ’ ‘ … and what about Einstein ? |
| 11 | Are you just a cabbage ? he wondered — brain-dead ? or are you trying to warn us about something ? |