Example sentences of "[be] trying [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , so I 'll agree with Mr Grigson that we do suggest there are more households changing their own dwellings , but it 's simply because we 're trying to iron out of the problems that we feel have occurred within the major estimates . |
| 2 | The only time we really react to them is when , perhaps , it 's on our car we do n't them to disturb anybody and you 're trying to fumble about with your keys and switch the thing off . |
| 3 | But try and look at the fundamental basis of what they 're trying to put over to you on the video , okay ? |
| 4 | In training though you can still have the same problem erm you know perhaps towards the end of the session you 've probably seen it as and I , I 'm guilty of it myself cos we 're trying to rap on through it as quickly as possible so we get in ya way by six o'clock or that so we break all the rules late in the day |
| 5 | So I think you can be assured that it 's not something that 's been put to one side , it 's something that we 're trying to build in to all the work we do , in whatever ways appropriate , but er , I accept that the the implications for your comment , that we 've got to be continually , er watching ourselves , to make sure that we do that . |
| 6 | When you 're trying to cut down on caffeine or alcohol , drinking plain mineral water as a substitute can be very boring . |
| 7 | By the way the lot of seemed to be played in Hertfordshire these days , and one of the great days is at Harpenden and that 's on September the first on Sunday , when they have their annual single-wicket competition , and that 's a great local event and it 's bound to encourage all the young cricketers in the neighbourhood , they 're trying to make up for the lack of cricket in schools , so well done Harpenden and that is on Sunday next , er , er , first of September and I 'll give you the time in a minute if I can find it , when it is , it does n't say , but it 's probably all day at the Harpenden club , well done Harpenden encouraging young people to play cricket , Sunday first September . |
| 8 | ‘ We 're trying to come up with a ‘ user 's guide ’ to explain the regulations . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ One — ’ he cocked a thumb ‘ — when you 're trying to creep out of a castle no one is asleep . |
| 10 | IF you 're trying to get back to work or change jobs , the Institute of Personnel Management and W H Smith have produced an Employment Pack with lots of practical help , how to do a CV , sample forms and formats and a guide to interviews , £3.99 . |
| 11 | That they did not do and now the leader of the council said well they 're trying to get down to the standard spending assessment at last , he could have done that a long time ago , you have had nothing but excess expenditure proposals on behalf of this city for many , many years . |
| 12 | I 'm trying to sort out in my mind what is the difference between these national wars er with er the use of violence and the kind of civil wars for social change er you can call it , or revolution , er involves er a civil war involves violence . |
| 13 | Taking the piss and w he would n't get out the bloody way and I 'm trying to get through with that rack . |
| 14 | ‘ Hello , operator , I 'm trying to get through to the Kosher butcher — it 's on the blink and I 've people coming for dinner Friday — Oh , thank you , dear . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm trying to get back into football , even non-League , because I miss the involvement . |
| 16 | But about a month later I played in a trophy competition and played a disastrous round and put my handicap up to 16 which I 'm trying to get down by playing in two medal competitions in October . |
| 17 | I 'm trying to work out like what did I what did I do with my erm schedule this morning ? |
| 18 | well you know what I 've done with mine erm , just temporarily , I 'm trying to find out to speaker position , eh ? |
| 19 | You must n't think I 'm trying to find out about your private affairs . " |
| 20 | I have suggested that what Gandhi may be trying to point out by referring to the convertibility of the terms means and ends in his teaching is that our ideals not only inform the ends we aim at but also the means we employ to reach them . |
| 21 | She knew there were things she should be trying to sort out in her life , but she did n't want to face up to certain ideas that lurked at the back of her mind . |
| 22 | For example , by the drinks table Bill Muggeridge seemed to be trying to make up to Mrs Crumwallis . |
| 23 | They seem to be trying to catch up with the West of the Fifties . ’ |
| 24 | George Benton , the knowledgeable trainer of Holyfield , says : ‘ Evander will be trying to get out of the way early on , blocking and ducking . |
| 25 | Adds Lt Watts : ‘ What often made situations all the more tragic was the fact that these poor From here is single col for page 7 people were trying to carry on with their lives . |
| 26 | Cars have been popular in the movies since Mack Sennett was wrecking them around 1914 in such shorts as Lizzies of the Field — not funny to some members of early audiences , who were trying to save up for a Ford Model T or ‘ tin Lizzy ’ . |
| 27 | One or two offers of touring productions or guest star status in provincial reps came in , a sure sign that their managements were trying to cash in on the name of Michael Banks before it was completely forgotten . |
| 28 | They swarmed like lice over the camp , and there was a battle being waged at the boat which men were trying to push out of the shallows whilst others held off the beasts . |
| 29 | ‘ Huh , ’ said Angalo , nonchalantly trying to swivel around in the chair in case any tentacled things with teeth were trying to creep up on him . |
| 30 | But I were trying to get through to her . |