Example sentences of "still try [to-vb] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm still trying to give up the cigarettes you know ? |
| 2 | The Villa boss was still trying to pick up the pieces after his side 's shock exit from the Coca-Cola Cup in Tuesday night 's fourth round replay at Ipswich . |
| 3 | But for the moment these designs remain just that : the experts are still trying to sort out the answers that chickens have given them and , until they do , can not finalise a commercial prototype for improved cages . |
| 4 | Israeli Prime Minister Itzhak Shamir , himself Polish-born , had once commented that " Poles suck in anti-Semitism with their mothers ' milk " , and a main purpose of Walesa 's visit was to ease the strains between the two countries centring on enduring Polish anti-Semitism ; Walesa himself was still trying to live down the controversy caused by a statement during his 1990 presidential campaign that he was " clean " because his family had no Jewish blood . |
| 5 | Anybody who 's still trying to work out the story about the wreath and the river , there was n't any point to it . |
| 6 | His mind was still trying to work out the puzzle she had set him . |
| 7 | Oxford United 's new owners are still trying to shake off the Maxwell legacy . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm glad I did it , but I 'm still trying to grow out the damage . |