Example sentences of "i [be] try [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My girlfriend and I are trying to compile a new guidebook for the Clwyd area and would appreciate details of any new route information your readers might have . |
| 2 | ‘ Now I am trying to buy a flat for Katya there . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm trying to control a wild urge to pick you up and carry you to my bedroom . ’ |
| 4 | I 'm trying to make a gradual move from being Charlene from next door to being Kylie . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm trying to get a little privacy , ’ she murmured , going over to the far side of the boat where she would be hidden from view . |
| 6 | I was trying to mend a broken door in the floor of the stage . |
| 7 | The House will expect me to apologise again for the remarks that I injudiciously made when I was trying to illustrate a simple point — that , with the private sector providing more rail services in future , I hope that a range of choice will be available to the travelling public in terms of price and time of day , rather like that provided by the airlines and the long-distance coach market . |
| 8 | I was trying to start a new life on a building site ! |
| 9 | All this time I was trying to make a little money by doing hack-work translations of French and German children 's stories . |
| 10 | When it was said to him , ‘ Try to look on God ’ , he answered , ‘ I was trying to make a little prayer , but my cough hindered me . ’ ’ |