Example sentences of "trying come [adv prt] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've seen community participation in trying to come up with immediate solutions to the problems resulting from the war — we 're talking particularly about materials and infrastructure . |
| 2 | ‘ We 're trying to come up with a ‘ user 's guide ’ to explain the regulations . ’ |
| 3 | For some days he had been mulling this over , trying to come up with something more interesting than Wyvis Hall . |
| 4 | Now writers are trying to come up with a new story for Willis as rival studios race to cash in on the Die Hard formula . |
| 5 | Brighter are so deeply drippy that they make Blueboy look like the English Metallica , Brighter sound like they 've been locked in a bedroom for the past six years and are still trying to come up with that ‘ C86 ’ audition tape . |
| 6 | I spent hours trying to come up with a brilliant argument that would demolish the ‘ no deals ’ policy in seconds and solve everything . |
| 7 | I heard myself say to him , though the different sections of my brain seemed to have slipped out of synch somehow , and I was aware of all sorts of different things at once , and time seemed to have slowed down and at the same time some part of my brain was racing , trying to come up with some logical explanation for what was going on that did n't involve calamity … and failing . |
| 8 | Take one simple example : in 1975 journalists Sydney Schanberg , Jon Swain and photographer Al Rockoff were holed up in the French Embassy in Phnom Penh trying to come up with a way of preventing Dith Pran being taken by the Khmer Rouge and to get out of there alive . |
| 9 | Even as she turned towards the staircase she was still trying to come up with a good reason for not sleeping in his bed , but when she reached the top step she turned with a resigned sigh towards his room , too bone weary to argue any more . |
| 10 | She and her two companions worked half the night in trying to come up with an answer , but as Dino 's car was working perfectly they were forced to the conclusion that the problem did not lie in their department , even though this was fiercely disputed by the rest of the Carlisle Flint team . |
| 11 | I really support the idea of trying to come up with a plan of action because quite frankly I find that London and England is just so full of talk shops . |