Example sentences of "trying [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But at last she got to her feet , drawing herself up to her full height , trying somehow to muster strength for what she had to face . |
| 2 | Dispossession can , however , induce a psychological reaction , not least because the mind is trying desperately to make sense of what 's happening . |
| 3 | Trying artificially to separate politics and management , or treat the former as an illegitimate intrusion , is naive . |
| 4 | One of them was glancing nervously around , and the other was trying unsuccessfully to stop crying . |
| 5 | The Hammers have had five players sent off this season already — Dicks and Allen have both served suspensions — but manager Billy Bonds said : ‘ I 'm trying hard to improve discipline here . |
| 6 | This time we are trying hard to improve batting and bowling . |
| 7 | Nick gulped , trying hard to stop crying . |
| 8 | He is trying hard to develop business ties , with special emphasis on secular Turkey . |
| 9 | None of which is to say the record labels are not trying hard to stretch country where they can . |
| 10 | Lyndon Harrison , the member for Cheshire West , is trying again to win grant aid from the EC 's shipbuilding funding for the Birkenhead yard which is scheduled to close next month . |