Example sentences of "[verb] [that] [pers pn] have been trying " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do know that we 've been trying to get er recognition for about fifteen years with that company but can we pursue that issue ? |
| 2 | A READER writes that she has been trying for weeks to find the outcome of the Prime Minister 's ‘ Taking Stock ’ exercise . |
| 3 | With an instant return to sweet reasonableness , Andrée said , ‘ Admitted that I 've been trying to seduce you , does n't that only go to show how desperate I am to get my way ? |
| 4 | In addition to normal responsibilities , which include making new investments , approaching new potential customers and keeping existing customers happy , Mr Queen says that they have been trying to educate the professional community to recognise when a company is going to need more working capital . |
| 5 | Surely he was n't implying that she had been trying out her feminine wiles on Sam ? |
| 6 | The AS presumably indicates Andrew Stavanger , and the TMJ will be his secretary , or one of the typing staff And it reads sensibly enough — it is just the sort of letter that he might have been expected to write if he got back to his office late and were told that you had been trying to get in touch with him . |
| 7 | Assume that it has been trying to help you , in some misguided way . |
| 8 | At the next meeting , Mr E almost casually mentioned that he had been trying out one or two of last week 's ideas and that Dave seemed quite responsive to him this week . |