Example sentences of "[pers pn] 've [be] try for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been trying for forty years and the margin of error 's still about eighty per cent . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Lucky devil , I 've been trying for eight years and still have n't cracked it yet . ’ |
| 3 | I 've been trying for days , though , I 'm coming over tomorrow . |
| 4 | and I 've been trying for ages but there just has n't been any cos |
| 5 | We 've been trying for some time to employ as many players as possible during the winter , and this sponsorship means that it should be possible to take the worry of finding winter employment away from virtually all of them . |
| 6 | But if you can actually influence the French let us know because , or let the government know , because they , they 've been trying for years ever since Napoleon 's day , to try and do something . |