Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [v-ing] to get the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was hoping to get the chance to see the new Beethoven opera . |
| 2 | Yeah , the way the ice formed on this car when I was trying to get the snow off off the windscreen and the ice and everything that was er , no I personally think it 's too cold . |
| 3 | I was trying to get the key out the aerial and it would n't come out . |
| 4 | There I was trying to get the encruster to stick . |
| 5 | He looked even more puzzled but Pascoe could see from Alice 's face that she was beginning to get the picture . |
| 6 | She said she thought she was beginning to get the hang of it . |
| 7 | Erm , as you know , erm , we did have erm , Equal Opportunities erm , conference , erm , in erm , what came out of it was the fact that , although you could provide training , it was trying to get the confidence er , into the women to have the the nerve to apply for jobs . |
| 8 | He was beginning to get the idea that he was n't meant to have a happy future with women . |
| 9 | Oh yeah , he was trying to get the bungalow finished so we can sell that down there |
| 10 | Ian Hay told me the lady 's last wish had been that the Colonel should scatter her ashes in the headwaters of the River Laxford : ‘ But , you see , his new young wife was not the sort of lady to enjoy much walking and the poor Colonel just did n't know how he was going to get the job done . |