Example sentences of "[was/were] trying [verb] her [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Atrimonides was grabbing wildly at her , desperately flailing his hands and feet , and Cheryl realized he was trying to use her as a reaction mass to slow his own fall . |
2 | It certainly was n't because he was trying to save her from a Fate Worse than Death . |
3 | He was trying to put her in the wrong again . |
4 | no wonder it was , me dad was trying to get her into the house and everything and she said oh well so and so 's got me key well I said I 'm not bloody phoning er their Nora |
5 | Sooner or later she would have found out for herself , and the interrogation would have been worse still if she 'd thought Rory was trying to keep her in the dark about such a momentous event in her life . |