Example sentences of "[was/were] trying [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wrinkled his nose at the smells , thinking that the cowardly little wretches were trying to keep out of his way . |
| 2 | Hunter-Blair owed the paper much , and after MacQuillan 's death he was trying to hang on to his position . |
| 3 | And he was trying to get round to his rear end to lick . |
| 4 | Marco had worked his arms free and was trying to get up on his knees . |
| 5 | Former England opener Geoff Boycott chased and caught a thief who was trying to make off with his golf clubs and a holdall at King 's Cross station in London recently . |