Example sentences of "[be] try [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I suppose you see maybe what they 're trying to do I mean as far as I know I mean previously the Inland Revenue or the valuation office part of the Inland Revenue they actually used to run a scheme where |
| 2 | ‘ You 're trying to make me go , are n't you ? ’ |
| 3 | Now you 're trying to make me pay . |
| 4 | And I for what I 'm trying to do I did n't think we 'd be able to afford a stone I thought I thought it would be much more than what Mr 's quoted . |
| 5 | She says I 'm trying to increase me bust , he says put it down he says all you need is a couple of pieces of toilet tissue and rub it between the gap |
| 6 | I 'm trying to think I got , oh god , that was Pennymead cos we lived with mum and dad for three months until we got a maisonette in Pennymead |
| 7 | You were trying to help me put the names in place , without finishing it off . |
| 8 | comes back and says when the teacher come , the teacher was there this time , urgh the showers are on , Geoffrey switched the showers on and then they all start chanting Geoffrey switched the showers on , Geoffrey switched the showers on and er , loads of them , not just him , a load of them did it , and he , he started to cry , and then that was it then were n't it , ooh tiny tears , tiny tears , ooh poofter , poofter , crying and all that I mean he had a right day with it , so he goes to school this morning in Geography and the every body in the class , the girls and every body were going tiny tears , tiny tears , and he said I just ignored it today he says I just took no notice he says , but they 're all going , how 's your tears Geoffrey , are we going to cry again today , he says and they were trying to get me to cry today he says , but I just took no notice and Stuart kept going like this Geoff and he says I just went so he , he did the same back and then he went Geoff and Geoffrey just went , I mean what you do ? , |
| 9 | If they are trying to use me to get something for the museum , then I shall think of something else . |
| 10 | I fear that if we are tempted to act as Opposition Members are trying to tempt me to do now , we might jeopardise the Bill 's progress . |
| 11 | That 's why she cuddles my children the whole time — she 's trying to say I lack warmth . ’ |
| 12 | And so he 's the one who started doing this — I do n't know if you remember Rolling Stone during that period he started getting slight , not really new wave , but we used some of the constructivist thing of breaking pages somewhat and pushing things on angles or erm My favourite was his Bob Dylan spread which actually I did , but it was based on what he was trying to get me to do , where everything read left to right and everything was , you know , point sizes lined up and everything was on a column grid , but it was , when you looked at it you had to , you know , like focus on it . |
| 13 | If he did , it was n't surprising he was trying to get me Confirmed in Faith . |
| 14 | He knew that I had some experience , but I think he was trying to make me relax and , perhaps , find out just how much I did or did n't know . |