Example sentences of "[pers pn] be trying [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am trying to document a Lotus 1-2-3 Release 2.4 spreadsheet which has many long and complicated formulas using my word processor — Word for Windows 2.0 . |
| 2 | I am trying to get a sighting of them eating cornflakes and drinking twelve — fourteen — sixteen nineteen bottles of wine . |
| 3 | Organiser Neil Storey said ‘ I am trying to find a word that goes beyond disappointed . |
| 4 | My own version goes something like this : ( a ) I am trying to comprehend a totality which might be called the " way of life " of the people under study ; ( b ) this " way of life " consists of the acting oui of an endlessly repeated social drama . |
| 5 | I AM trying to obtain a loan of £5,000 but loan companies appear to want interest of about £500 for each £1,000 borrowed . |
| 6 | My next effort was a ‘ coffee table ’ book on English Sporting Prints , also out of print , and , in my hundredth year I am trying to complete a Catalogue of English Sporting Prints c.1750–1880 , promised twenty years ago . |
| 7 | ‘ So , I 'm trying to issue a kind of loud , clear piece of information saying that , by and large , most of the journalism in this country is well below the standard that it should be . |
| 8 | If the children are already working well , perhaps all you need to do is to enter very briefly and present them with a stimulus : " I 'm trying to arrange a birthday party for my nieces and nephews ; could you help me organise it . " |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm trying to do a job here , ’ she said . |
| 10 | Do you mind , I 'm trying to do a programme here , and how the hell can I do it , with your gob slapping ? |
| 11 | I 'm trying to trap a bumblebee . |
| 12 | ‘ You may think this an impossible request , ’ I said , ‘ but I 'm trying to trace a man called Smith . |
| 13 | I 'm trying to trace a member of our family who moved to this part of London during the war , looking for work . |
| 14 | I 'm trying to make a banana cake . ’ |
| 15 | You know , I 'm trying to get a promotion here ! |
| 16 | And I 'm trying to get a defence on the bogies . |
| 17 | What I 'm trying to get a feel for is the level at which it is a consideration . |
| 18 | I 'm trying to get a home together . |
| 19 | three and Q , I do n't know , I 'm trying to find a tap hole stopper , I 've got to find a tap hole stopper somewhere |
| 20 | I was trying make a dive and missed it |
| 21 | I guess I was trying to earn a couple of lowlife brownie points , so I could catch up with Steve and Paul 's criminal pedigree . |
| 22 | ‘ I was trying to find a friend , ’ Blake explained . |
| 23 | Just as I was trying to find a hole in the hedge , so that I could get into the next field , I saw another giant coming towards me . |
| 24 | I was trying to solve a mystery , and you were my prime suspect . |
| 25 | I was trying to build a car . |
| 26 | I was trying to make a list of what he owed and how we might get out of this state , which I do n't think he ever got out of . |
| 27 | My first-ever story for a national magazine was about another of my seminal Ali experiences — a sparring session I 'd had with the Champ in 1975 , when , because of his influence , I was trying to make a living as a kickboxer . |
| 28 | " I was trying to play a joke on you , dressing up and that . |
| 29 | I was trying to imagine a girl in a Pittsburgh peep-show , put there by cocaine . |
| 30 | However , if you are trying to create a period shot or a specifically national look you may have to hire props . |