Example sentences of "[was/were] try [to-vb] out [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So there we were trying to fish out a bunch of keys from a three-foot pit full of human urine and excrement . |
| 2 | The Germans , he reckoned , were trying to wipe out the docks , yet somehow the city centre seemed to be getting the worst of it — and all the shops and offices and streets of little houses . |
| 3 | She shut her eyes , unsure if she was trying to blot out the unexpected hunger in his kiss , or opting for her ostrich trick again and trying to pretend this was n't happening to her . |
| 4 | While Sarah was trying to sort out the mess — they eventually married in May 1980 at St Mary 's church near Althorp — Diana was having fun . |
| 5 | In one shot , Daine could be seen in the background while Rhonda was trying to scratch out the eyes of a competitor for his attentions , Arlene Dahl . |
| 6 | Conoco was trying to find out the cause of the leak , before it could decide how to stop it . |
| 7 | Enough light would spill inwards from the porch as the door closed slowly on its damper , enough at least for him to get to his own door and line up the key ; but when it came to it he hurried too much and was trying to shake out the Yale when the front door put him in darkness . |
| 8 | ‘ I du n no why yer put up wi' it , ’ he sternly admonished the Captain , who was trying to work out the batting order on the back of his chequebook . |