Example sentences of "[vb base] been [verb] get [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Great , I 've been trying to get hold of you . |
| 2 | ‘ Finally , I 've been trying to get hold of you since yesterday afternoon ! |
| 3 | ‘ That 's why I 've been trying to get hold of you . ’ |
| 4 | As you know , I 've been trying to get hold of you all week . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been trying to get hold of you for the past half-hour ! ’ |
| 6 | I 've been trying to get hold of you for the past two hours ! ’ the man exclaimed harshly as he stared down at Laura , who was gazing back at him as though she 'd seen a ghost . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been trying to get hold of you to see what all this nonsense is about . |
| 8 | I 've been trying to get hold of him |
| 9 | you know what I 've been trying to get hold of a couple of one of these you know the phones , the phones that Donald 's got |
| 10 | I 've been trying to get councillors to find out since then , but that 's a very hard job . |
| 11 | However , Muslim ex-singer Stevens , now Yusuf Islam 's reaction was anything but angry : ‘ I 've been trying to get record companies to stop selling my records for a long time . |
| 12 | I 've been trying to get routine security stepped up but you come right up against the lords of the wallet : who 's going to pay for it ? |
| 13 | We 've been retrying to get recognition nationally and locally for fifteen years . |
| 14 | Erm what kind of efforts have been made to get customers |