Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been trying [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since the happy visit of the year before , I had been trying to persuade him to pay a second and , if possible , longer visit . |
| 2 | I feel badly let down by Penguin because this was more or less what I had been trying to persuade them all along would happen . |
| 3 | ‘ All the way over I 've been trying to remember it . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been trying to reach you . ’ |
| 5 | Taking a folder from a wire tray on the desk , he said , ‘ I 've been trying to reach you all morning . ’ |
| 6 | I 've been trying to draw him today . |
| 7 | ‘ Hope that you 'll finally understand what I 've been trying to let you know over the past few days without frightening you away by putting it into words . |
| 8 | I 've been trying to ignore it — scared to face it — trying to pretend I did n't care . |
| 9 | I 've been trying to persuade them — ’ |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | For almost half an hour I 've been trying to get them out , but it 's impossible . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been trying to get him but there 's no reply from his home . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been trying to get her to look for a living-in job , a hotel receptionist maybe , but she wo n't leave her mother . |
| 14 | I 've been trying to get you for ages but your line 's been engaged . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been trying to get you not to block it . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been trying to get it into his thinking that he has to do more running , that he has to fight more and that there are defensive duties he has to do . ’ |
| 17 | The man raised his eyebrows , then said , ‘ I 've been trying to keep him as still as possible , Sister . ’ |
| 18 | Cos I 've been trying to organise it . |
| 19 | I 've been trying to ring you to find out . |
| 20 | I 've been trying to learn it , but I have n't got very far |
| 21 | I 've been trying to find you for ages . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 've been trying to find you everywhere . ’ |
| 23 | Do n't you understand what I 've been trying to tell you ? |
| 24 | ‘ That 's what I 've been trying to tell you , ’ Myra said . |
| 25 | ‘ That 's exactly what I 've been trying to tell you . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ For the last three bleedin' weeks , I 've been trying to forget it , ’ Parks complained . |
| 27 | I 've been trying to pin him down for weeks . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 've been trying to contact you all day . |
| 29 | You are a very intelligent girl and you have read a great deal — no , I mean it ; one thing you ca n't say is that I have been trying to flatter you — but you do n't know everything , you do n't know the French , the real French ( though the Fourniers are quite an example of one kind ) , you can have no idea of what life among us is like , the attitudes , the demands ; if you like , the values . |
| 30 | I have been trying to make it more commercial and wearable for evening looks , and the staff are now using the technique on clients especially for weddings . ’ |