Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] trying [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was hard to be all sweetness and light when she was desperately trying to catch up with her own quarry before McKenna did . |
| 2 | Well then that 's just what I was just trying to think through on Kathy . |
| 3 | Speedie was just trying to get on with the game . |
| 4 | ‘ Gerry Francis , who was then the England captain , was forever trying to get out of taking part in the silly games but the boss would have none of it . ’ |
| 5 | She was still trying to get out of the parking space . |
| 6 | Even as she turned towards the staircase she was still trying to come up with a good reason for not sleeping in his bed , but when she reached the top step she turned with a resigned sigh towards his room , too bone weary to argue any more . |
| 7 | His mother said her son was n't an addict , but was simply trying to keep in with his friends . |