Example sentences of "[was/were] trying [to-vb] [pn reflx] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Staggering to her feet she looked back towards the wounded man ; he had slumped to the floor , and was trying to push himself back to a kneeling position . |
| 2 | Nuadu could see that her fingers were gone now , and that she was trying to pull herself back into the heartwood , which would have been her dwelling and the place from which she drew sustenance and vitality , but the Robemaker made another of his sudden curt gestures and the slaves fell to their work again , sweat streaming from their half-clad bodies and Nuadu saw the heartwood splinter and fall apart . |
| 3 | She felt sticky and heavy , as if she was trying to pull herself out of the chlorinated pool with the water dragging at her bulk , breaking the surface tension with an effort . |
| 4 | Something was trying to pull itself out of the corridor wall . |
| 5 | Sceptical officers thought he was trying to pass himself off as motor racing 's world champ . |