Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] trying for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | And he had to go and train somewhere down south , but he 's got a he , apparently he 'd been trying for a year and he 's got to Accrington . |
2 | I had been trying for a year to obtain some black Amazon wood for my Discus tank , but my local dealers did not stock it . |
3 | Mr and Mrs Allen had been trying for a child for 19 years and were overjoyed when Laura was born . |
4 | Dawn , 30 , who suffered from blocked tubes , and John , 32 , had been trying for a baby for nine years . |
5 | Dr Simon Newell , in charge of the neonatal unit , said the couple had been trying for a baby for seven years and Mrs Vince had been undergoing fertility treatment for five years . |