Example sentences of "be try [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now you 're trying to save a document now . |
| 2 | Erm it 's actually being done by a company called er for or with and I gather they 're trying to sell a database package . |
| 3 | ‘ Couple of my boys tell me you 're trying to earn a piece of that five grand I 'm putting up . |
| 4 | I mean , I 'm a bit cynical about great conferences , they 're important if you 're trying to set a tone , and they 're important if you want the press and the media involved , but actually it 's a smaller fora on the local basis , which actually produces much better results , in my opinion , but that 's the sort of thing I have in mind . |
| 5 | Armed with powerful telescopes , they 're trying to spot a Peregrine Falcon chick , born just two weeks ago . |
| 6 | And , the people that were milling around us when you 're trying to drink a cup of coffee stood up last year it was just the , you know , people are not |
| 7 | But you also need them in your team , because if you 're trying to solve a problem that is difficult , or what 's called a messy problem , we 'll come back to nice messy problems in a minute , you need somebody to come up with some good ideas , some ways of solving it . |
| 8 | ‘ We 're trying to change a direction of 12 years , take a new course ’ from the Reagan-Bush era , he told reporters before meeting Democratic congressmen . |
| 9 | And I think I responded with something like ‘ I think we 're trying to share a hell of a burden with you . ’ |
| 10 | Some do , er the rise and fall type of fitting over a dining table where when you 're er , er having dinner you 'd have erm it down to about what not more than twelve inches above the table er so that it lit the table but did n't shine in your eyes , erm some people leave it like that all the time , other people having had a meal lift er it up , erm I think the main thing about the , er adjustable fly and fall is that erm , it 's there for , as you want it , if you 're trying to find a meal you 've lost on the floor well then you pull it down to floor level really . |
| 11 | ‘ They 're trying to find a recipient of a letter Beatrix sent . |
| 12 | They lead a totally different life and we 're trying to provide a resource for people that do n't want that resource . |
| 13 | " Only if you 're trying to catch a duke and your mother was a washerwoman , your father a baker . |
| 14 | We 're trying to gain a feel as to whether we are being cost-effective |
| 15 | Erm yeah if er you have no objection , what it 's for is the , there 's this outfit called the British National Corpus and they 're trying to make a record of English Language as it 's used in the late twentieth century erm so it 's a sort of resource for further scholarship so it can assist in writing dictionaries and studying grammar and , and all sorts of things like that and erm they 're attempting to tape conversations from all over the place erm er I 've got a bit of bumph about it , it 's quite interesting erm and in some cases it 's sort of out of erm er it 's out of people 's homes , it 's out of broadcasts , it 's out of meetings , it 's out of all sorts of things erm at work and at home erm |
| 16 | They 're trying to make a dictionary up for everyday language , that everybody uses . |
| 17 | We 're trying to make a house . |
| 18 | They 're trying to interrupt a speaker to give information during the first round of the World Student Debating Championships . |
| 19 | We 're trying to get a conversation out of you and you 're grunting ! |
| 20 | people , they 're trying to get a trip done , Aspect of Love |
| 21 | ‘ You 're trying to fight a war old boy . |
| 22 | If the children are already working well , perhaps all you need to do is to enter very briefly and present them with a stimulus : " I 'm trying to arrange a birthday party for my nieces and nephews ; could you help me organise it . " |
| 23 | ‘ So , I 'm trying to issue a kind of loud , clear piece of information saying that , by and large , most of the journalism in this country is well below the standard that it should be . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm trying to do a job here , ’ she said . |
| 25 | Do you mind , I 'm trying to do a programme here , and how the hell can I do it , with your gob slapping ? |
| 26 | I 'm trying to make a banana cake . ’ |
| 27 | I 'm trying to trap a bumblebee . |
| 28 | I 'm trying to get a home together . |
| 29 | And I 'm trying to get a defence on the bogies . |
| 30 | You know , I 'm trying to get a promotion here ! |