Example sentences of "[noun] who have been trying [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I talked to the boy who 'd been trying to help this Frome — trying to get him to vomit it up , and so on . |
| 2 | Cheltenham swimmer Kevin Morris who 's been trying to make history by swimming the channel backstroke has missed out again … he was three and half hours out from Dover when a throat infection sunk his dreams … |
| 3 | Paramedics were at the scene in four minutes of the emergency call and took over from officers who had been trying to stem the flow of blood . |
| 4 | Here was a woman who had been trying to have a child ever since her marriage and yet she , Celia , had conceived not merely without any difficulty but on the one and only time she had not taken steps to prevent it . |
| 5 | The problems with the New Age Travellers also helped confirm the fears of nearby villagers who have been trying to get the festival stopped for the past year . |
| 6 | As Zen approached his office , the inspector who had been trying to trace Ubaldo Valesio 's movements poked his head around the door of the next room . |
| 7 | Their bodies were discovered when friends who 'd been trying to contact one of the women became worried and called the police . |
| 8 | Pablo Benavides , the European Community official who has been trying to mediate between Slovakia and Hungary over the future of the Gabcikovo hydroelectric project [ see ED 67 , 68 ] , has said that his efforts to negotiate a compromise have " reached the limit of possibilities " . |
| 9 | He was run over by thieves who 'd been trying to steel aluminimum worth less than two hundred pounds . |