Example sentences of "[verb] been [v-ing] [verb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | She certainly did n't want his sympathy ; in all probability she could n't even have coped with it — but still , it would have been reassuring to detect some trace of humanity in the man . |
| 2 | The little girl was on her own a few yards from the rug where she had been sitting eating some moments before . |
| 3 | I 've been trying to talk some sense into her . ’ |
| 4 | For the past three months I 've been trying to buy some SIMMS for my Mesh 386SX . |
| 5 | I 've been trying to get some indoor fireworks and I ca n't get any , I thought it 'll be just some . |
| 6 | We have been trying to brief some Labour Members , especially the London Members . |
| 7 | Christian deputies have been trying to obtain some form of timetable for a Syrian military withdrawal before accepting political reforms , but at their fifth meeting yesterday , the 62 MPs — half of them Christians — were persuaded to debate the future powers of a Christian Maronite president . |