Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] trying [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My girlfriend and I are trying to compile a new guidebook for the Clwyd area and would appreciate details of any new route information your readers might have . |
| 2 | ‘ Now I am trying to buy a flat for Katya there . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm trying to control a wild urge to pick you up and carry you to my bedroom . ’ |
| 4 | I 'm trying to make a gradual move from being Charlene from next door to being Kylie . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm trying to get a little privacy , ’ she murmured , going over to the far side of the boat where she would be hidden from view . |
| 6 | I was trying to mend a broken door in the floor of the stage . |
| 7 | The House will expect me to apologise again for the remarks that I injudiciously made when I was trying to illustrate a simple point — that , with the private sector providing more rail services in future , I hope that a range of choice will be available to the travelling public in terms of price and time of day , rather like that provided by the airlines and the long-distance coach market . |
| 8 | I was trying to start a new life on a building site ! |
| 9 | All this time I was trying to make a little money by doing hack-work translations of French and German children 's stories . |
| 10 | When it was said to him , ‘ Try to look on God ’ , he answered , ‘ I was trying to make a little prayer , but my cough hindered me . ’ ’ |
| 11 | It is difficult , at the best of times , to balance on a broomstick , but when you are trying to carry a heavy bucket of water at the same time , it is virtually impossible . |
| 12 | If you are trying to establish a respectable place for yourself in the tennis market place , let's see some more balanced reporting and less tabloid journalism . |
| 13 | It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you are trying to clinch a tricky deal , alcohol will lubricate the wheels of diplomacy , quell tempers and deflect dissent . |
| 14 | ‘ Establishing a level of confidence is quite important when you are trying to start a new business ’ — especially in a sector like aerospace . |
| 15 | As you are trying to find a new angle of vision , it is particularly important that you avoid familiar or worn-out ways of writing . |
| 16 | When you 're trying to demolish a false promise , I suspect you are less likely to close your eyes to unacceptable facts . ’ |
| 17 | so it 's not exactly like you 're trying to put you know you 're trying to put a right hand onto a left hand , but it , it 's a certain element of that , erm having said that what do you think ? |
| 18 | Well you do get aeriated though when you 're trying to do a new job do n't you ? |
| 19 | As erm as a doctor , Bill , I have ingrained on my heart Aneurin Bevan 's words when the National Health Service was introduced in this country by the post-war Labour government , against the wishes of my colleagues , and he commented that he would erm cross our palms with silver , and he did that very successfully , with the result that he stifled a lot of opposition amongst some very powerful people , and erm of course when you 're trying to introduce a new scheme such as this and you 're terribly keen that erm it should take off and be successful , you do , of course , cross palms with silver . |
| 20 | Somebody else can fiddle around with the figures when they tender for it , but you 're trying to get a true cost of doing the work . |
| 21 | It might be great to have something in Torquay if you 're hoping to draw visitors from the southwest , but not if you 're trying to pull a big public audience from Tyneside . |
| 22 | ‘ You 're trying to pull a fast one , are n't you ? |
| 23 | Well no , but and I were just thinking well why ca n't it just be all things together that make us what we are and when you 're trying to find a single thing , the only single thing is the one , which is the unity and then there 's no differentiation but I do n't think that , that we are , we are our body as well and that then can affect the soul you know , if you , if you 've got a big nose and all your life people stare at you you 're gon na , you 're not going to be unaffected by it . |
| 24 | Do you ever get the ‘ Invalid Media or Track 0 bad ’ message when you 're trying to reformat a floppy ? |
| 25 | The ‘ Invalid Media or Track 0 bad ’ message will usually appear when you 're trying to reformat a higher density disk at a lower density . |
| 26 | You may still be able to emphasize the division by decorative changes , to give your dining area its own atmosphere , as you would if you were trying to divide a simple rectangular room . |
| 27 | wants to go full-time into erm groups and she 's trying to do a one hundred and one different things . |
| 28 | And she 's trying to buy a little justice from fate , ’ said Hotspur , with an overshadowed smile . |
| 29 | Apparently she knew enough to tell other people not to worry , but that might mean no more than that she was trying to put a brave face on things . |
| 30 | And the worst thing is she was trying to tell a coloured person that there was n't any prejudice , and that you only come to school to learn about the European way of life . |