Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] have been trying [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For months they had been trying with divets and tackle to hoist the appropriate two-ton stone upright and into its hole . |
| 2 | Authorities in Serbia again blocked a UN relief convoy which has been trying for days to reach the besieged Muslim enclave of Srebrenica . |
| 3 | Q I have been trying with little success to get hold of a list of camping barn and bunkhouse type accommodations . |
| 4 | The crowds at Constitution Dock cheered the owner who has been trying for 20 years to score a major success in this race . |
| 5 | This includes women who 've been trying for a test tube baby , have a history of pelvic inflammatory disease or sexually transmitted diseases , have suffered previous ectopic pregnancy , or surgery on their tubes , and those who 've had infertility problems . |
| 6 | And he 'd known it , all the time he 'd been trying to bed her . |