Example sentences of "[pers pn] be try [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I been trying to think all the way back , but I ca n't figure it out . |
| 2 | Ruth and I are trying to get these done especially when that ship went up you looked like the Keystone Cops , did n't I , we went one back in there ! |
| 3 | There are well-documented problems in navigating through documents of this nature , such as disorientation and cognitive overhead But , in a sense , I am trying to exploit these properties . |
| 4 | And he warned Zborowski not to expect too much : ‘ I am trying to do some landscapes ’ , he wrote . |
| 5 | Back at home office in Cleveland , I am trying to remember all those three-hour lunches with five courses and two bottles of wine and what on earth I was talking about . |
| 6 | Now , as a scientist , I am trying to repair that damage . |
| 7 | Can I put to you , Mrs , my problems as an inspector on this , and perhaps then you 'll understand you know why it is that I am trying to get this er all written material before the end of the enquiry . |
| 8 | ‘ But I am trying to get another business off the ground . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I myself , ’ Miss Honey said , ‘ am probably far more bowled over by what you did than you are , and I am trying to find some reasonable explanation. ! ’ |
| 10 | The point I am trying to make all the time is that erosion and deposition have frequently in the past been very short-term phenomena . |
| 11 | I 'm trying to excavate this body , but he 's very confused . |
| 12 | I 'm trying to use that one and then you can put your fresh one in . |
| 13 | Ah come on Trace I 'm trying to watch this |
| 14 | I 'm trying to watch this ! |
| 15 | But erm and I , I got my er microwave and I 'm trying to save some electric . |
| 16 | You know I 'm trying to push more you know . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm trying to do both . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Sorry about the mess in here — I 'm trying to do some clearing out . ’ |
| 19 | I 'm trying to fix this stuff . |
| 20 | I 'm trying to I 'm trying to tie this this erm |
| 21 | ‘ I 've no reason to think so , but I 'm trying to consider all possibilities . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm trying to practise this difficult piece . ’ |
| 23 | He 's standing right under me while I 'm trying to make some tea as I 'm pouring boiling water into the teapot and he 's right under my legs . |
| 24 | I 'm trying to get some counselling for her . |
| 25 | Well that 's what I 'm trying to get these |
| 26 | Yeah , I 'm trying to get this ready for tomorrow , I 'm just |
| 27 | which I 'm trying to encourage that , you know , there 's not sort of |
| 28 | Actually I 'm trying to find more writers who are around now , but it 's hard to find someone who does n't use all the songs for themselves . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ So now , ’ she concluded , ‘ I 'm trying to bring some order and beauty to the garden at the back of my flat , as you know . |
| 30 | When Derek Davy and I were trying to solve this one for a book which eventually appeared as Advanced Conversational English , it proved to be an expensive and time-consuming , but eminently worthwhile task . |