Example sentences of "[adv] trying [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The giant palms lining the road inspected me disinterestedly as I coasted along trying to find the Alcade Apartments . |
| 2 | He watched her as she danced a few larky steps with her daughter , singing in an effortfully pure soprano while Maisie shuffled along trying to keep the sweets safe under her jumper . |
| 3 | I am not merely trying to preserve the tradition of my country . |
| 4 | But Mr Rychetsky argues that the Liberal Club is merely trying to safeguard the reforms by winning popular support for them . |
| 5 | I , I do n't think we 're taking away the Planning and Environment Committee 's delegated powers , we 're merely trying to ensure the policy and resources committee is consulted on proposals for conversion of residential accommodation , for the , oh I will say the moral reasons that Mr outlined , I would n't really disagree with what he said . |
| 6 | Course we was feverishly trying to chip the bricks and things off the horse then how , what had happened because we 'd got two stalls for them , and there was pigs in the one side and the horse in the other one , but of course when we eventually came to it , or they eventually came to the horse , he was dead , been killed standing up there like , you know and er , poor old pigs was all dead as well and as I said , about a hundred fell and two or three would been blown sky high . |
| 7 | I 'm only trying to sell the time then ! |
| 8 | I am sorry , I am only trying to answer the question . |
| 9 | He felt Simon was only trying to prolong the visit . |
| 10 | Cranog Jones says he was only trying to de-tune the engine . |
| 11 | But the Indonesian authorities are not only trying to control the rate at which the Timorese breed — they also want to dictate where they live . |
| 12 | We are literally only trying to get the appointments so that we can |
| 13 | The vet is only trying to assist the cat , but there is no way that the animal can associate the injection , or the forcible administration of a medicine , with its feeling healthier later on . |
| 14 | Not many people will complete the route in fewer than 12 days , so trying to fit the walk into a two-week holiday is pushing your luck — you must make allowances for delays and for time spent on the island getting to and from the start and finish . |
| 15 | So trying to break the habit actually increases the compulsion to smoke or to eat too much ! |
| 16 | I was told later that the designer at the Natural History Publications Section nearly broke down trying to put the pieces together , just as it was thought all the animals had been spotted and labelled , another would be discovered ; I think this was an exaggeration but it was a very tricky task . |
| 17 | His task had been bad enough trying to persuade the region that a company with £310m of debt had any credibility at all . |
| 18 | It was the same in the the pantomimes when Lily has learnt learnt the dancing , I could er after she had showed us about twice I could I could have it no bother and the rest of them were still struggling away trying to learn the steps . |
| 19 | ‘ But , you know , I 'm not trying to explain the secrets of the universe in this book . |
| 20 | Even though Luke is not trying to answer the question , ‘ What happened ? ’ , he is at pains to set his account in a historical setting . |
| 21 | We are not trying to ignore the material traumas of contemporary cities . |
| 22 | But I think they recognise that I 'm not trying to exploit the Broads to line my pocket , and that I 've taken a bit of care . |
| 23 | The difficulty with a post like that of judge of the regality court of Glasgow was that while it could help or harm a political interest , depending upon the use made of the powers of the court by the appointee , the office itself was not a profitable one if the judge was not trying to bend the laws to his own advantage . |
| 24 | Here I am not trying to give the impression that I am a Test Pilot as such , not in the way of Roly Beamont , or a host of other of my friends in this particular field ; this was just a question of an air test rather than a flight test . |
| 25 | They are not trying to replace the skill and judgement that comes with years of training and practice , but to enhance and prolong the surgeon 's own capabilities . |
| 26 | But soon the colleges came to grips with Little Shop of Horrors as a topic for campus debate the world over , and they decided that Corman was telling them that he was not trying to hide the fact that it was a cheaply made film — this was the one he shot in two days — but he was n't trying to pass it off as serious movie-making either . |
| 27 | She met his eyes , not trying to hide the pain she had suffered . |
| 28 | Consequently , in a negotiation the buyer is not trying to beat the seller or vice versa . |
| 29 | Not trying to start the vehicle . |
| 30 | We are not trying to excuse the behaviour , but to explain it . |