Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd be trying " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been trying to get into training since I was fourteen . |
| 2 | Then I found out that Jim was making all the original pedals as well , so I decided to get rid of all the stuff I 'd been trying to make all these sounds with and just use the original things . |
| 3 | I 'd been trying to go to sleep . |
| 4 | Cos that 's why I did n't get any when I got my last prescription because I 'd been trying to just sort of even take one |
| 5 | I did that once , quite bad it was , my father was furious , but my mother said I 'd been trying and he was n't to do anything . |
| 6 | I knew I 'd overdone the garlic in the Rogan Josh because I 'd been trying to impress Zaria . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd been trying to see as little as possible of him towards the end of term . |
| 8 | But now I 've been drug-free for over a year erm but I 'd been trying for a few year before that and had nay managed to succeed . |
| 9 | No , not just one day , as I said , I 'd been trying for a few |
| 10 | She told me when we were staying there that she 'd been trying to conceive ever since her wedding . ’ |
| 11 | She 'd been trying to prove that I was on drugs since I was fourteen . |
| 12 | Ace asked in a tone that betrayed the worry she 'd been trying to hide . |
| 13 | She 'd been trying to get rid of it and then suddenly it worked and she lost the baby . |
| 14 | The only thing she 'd been trying to do was calm Guido down and defuse the situation . |
| 15 | Though why she 'd been trying to do that , heaven only knew . |
| 16 | But thinking about Guido and the race were two things she 'd been trying very hard not to do . |
| 17 | but erm she 'd been trying to get hold of George I think for about two hours . |
| 18 | We 'd been trying to see someone there for months , but although I 'd delivered petitions , I 'd never managed to get through the front door . |
| 19 | All week he 'd been trying not to think . |
| 20 | He 'd begun to tell her an anecdote about the time he 'd been trying out some play in Brighton when he 'd very nearly missed the curtain because he 'd accidentally locked himself in his hotel-room , and how if it had n't been for his wife — ; realising his blunder he broke off and wanted to know if she minded his being married . |
| 21 | She knew perfectly well he 'd been trying to hide the fact that he 'd come alive as the streets had filled with people . |
| 22 | Kate gave him a suspicious look , but he seemed to have recovered from the rage she 'd been fairly sure he 'd been trying to keep under control before she left the room . |
| 23 | And he 'd known it , all the time he 'd been trying to bed her . |
| 24 | And he had to go and train somewhere down south , but he 's got a he , apparently he 'd been trying for a year and he 's got to Accrington . |
| 25 | It depends on his attitude , if he 'd been trying to pull a fast one on you and er |
| 26 | so as he 'd been trying to get through it was always engaged . |