Example sentences of "[vb -s] be trying [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the main themes of lesbian feminism of the last years has been trying to create a forum in which women can talk about sex , feel happy about sex , and consume sexually explicit material without guilt . ’ |
| 2 | IBM has been trying to negotiate a deal with the Open Software Foundation to buy outright re-distribution rights to an OSF/1 single server running under Mach 3.0 on PS/2s . |
| 3 | Branco Babic has been trying to find a manufacturer who 's interested in the possibilities of strawcrete for the past two years . |
| 4 | In the UK , SAS has been trying to build a relationship with ICL plc for the last three or four years — with little success . |
| 5 | She has been trying to stake a claim which I vow to you on my honour she has never had a right to . |
| 6 | talking to one of these receptionists today and she says erm she 's been trying to get a bit of erm , she 's split up with her husband , trying to get , a bit of extra money together , you know , to be , she 's got her own house like , buying her own house and all this and that she 's fell into a bloody modelling job and saying get yourself a passport and er on about sending her off to either the South of France or Kenya |