Example sentences of "be try [to-vb] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The securities firms are trying to prop up the tumbling stockmarket by cutting the supply of new issues . |
| 2 | They are trying to prop up the tumbling stockmarket by cutting the supply of new issues . |
| 3 | , writes : MY DAUGHTER is getting married in October and we are trying to find out the proper rules . |
| 4 | Finally , the staff of the clinic is completed by a social worker , whose role it is to try to sort out the non-medical problems that often go hand-in-hand with any infections . |
| 5 | She shut her eyes , unsure if she was trying to blot out the unexpected hunger in his kiss , or opting for her ostrich trick again and trying to pretend this was n't happening to her . |
| 6 | Having come to terms with the failure of her marriage , she was trying to pick up the broken bits of her pride , glue them together , and get on with her life . |