Example sentences of "trying to get [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I tried to lead her indoors she became indignant , shaking me off , ‘ Do you call yourself my niece , trying to get me into a burning house ! ’ and it took me some time to persuade her that all was well . |
| 2 | Of course G.P. was always trying to get me into bed . |
| 3 | I do n't want stop trying to get me in a |
| 4 | I , on the other hand , am organised and punctual and trying to get her to be organised wears me out . |
| 5 | The room was rippling with the sounds of their scuffle as they fought in bitter silence , knocking into wooden furniture , she trying to get away , he trying to get her to the bed until they fell against a nightstand and it crashed to the floor . |
| 6 | Mind , he 'd crashed in on the situation pretty damn quickly , stepping in and being nice to her almost before she had dried her eyes , trying to get her on the rebound . |
| 7 | ‘ She thinks they 're trying to get her into a home . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ He 's trying to get her into partnership with him to go ahead with his holiday village . ’ |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | You know , trying to get her into shit . |
| 11 | He was pulling him , trying to get him off me — he threw him — he just threw him at the bed — I knew he was all right , he were screaming but I could n't — they were both screaming , Cathy and Gary both , and he got me by the throat . |
| 12 | ‘ But the Thing is trying to get him to be sensible . |
| 13 | oh cos Robin Day was really trying to get him with this nuclear thing |
| 14 | Desperately she kicked backwards like a buck rabbit , trying to get him in the groin . |
| 15 | review with them where they 're at , record how they 're doing , you know tra , I mean I ca n't tell them to do that , but actually ask them to spend five or ten minutes each session talking to different pupils and what they 've been doing and you know even if it 's a personal timetable some people wo n't get into it but it 's you know , trying to get them to be what are tutors are , you know , I 'd like them to do . |
| 16 | I 'm just trying to get them at the back did you know ? |
| 17 | Well , we 're still trying to get them through the Police Authority but we are making provision through this budget if we do n't , yeah |
| 18 | Well , we 're just trying to get ours to work tonight , it 's broke down . |
| 19 | Which was something of a racket , plus Bazooka Joe kept on pulling the plugs on us trying to get us off the stage . |
| 20 | We had sergeants and inspectors jumping on us for the least little thing and very often trying to get us into trouble , whereas young fellows learning the job , what we needed was assistance . |
| 21 | There was a large pool of unemployed in those days and it seemed to us that no sooner were you in than they were trying to get you off the job . |
| 22 | I 've been trying to get you for ages but your line 's been engaged . ’ |
| 23 | You think I 'm trying to get you into bed so I can have some sort of hold over you . |
| 24 | I was n't trying to get you in trouble . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been trying to get it into his thinking that he has to do more running , that he has to fight more and that there are defensive duties he has to do . ’ |
| 26 | His hand came out imperiously and Maggie found herself fumbling in her bag like a thoroughly green reporter , anxiously trying to get it into his hand before he snapped his fingers , because she was sure inside that he would do that next . |
| 27 | And I 'm trying to get it through your arrogant skull that I 'm not in the market for a casual roll in the hay just because we happen to be sharing a villa for a few days ! ’ |
| 28 | he gets fed up trying to get it on the drive |
| 29 | I wonder whether they were n't trying to get it for the museum . |
| 30 | Mr you see various people are giving evidence , and Mr wants to ask the right person , certain questions , namely the person who er devised those words and er you are er somebody in a very important position er and er he 's trying to get it from you , and as he 's pointed out to you a company ca n't sit down and produce in some corporate way a phrase someone or two human beings or more have got to do it and he wants to know if you can help us er who , who that was , that 's , that 's all you see , he does n't want to ask you about it , no doubt er , er in the same way as he 'd want to ask a person that actually devised a word , d' ya see ? |