Example sentences of "was try [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Atrimonides was grabbing wildly at her , desperately flailing his hands and feet , and Cheryl realized he was trying to use her as a reaction mass to slow his own fall . |
| 2 | He was trying to hold it to his chest . |
| 3 | It certainly was n't because he was trying to save her from a Fate Worse than Death . |
| 4 | Having him there at the beginning was simply a stroke of luck so colossal that Henry 's natural pessimism was trying to turn it into a disaster . |
| 5 | The lift was small and Rain was trying to distance herself from Oliver without pressing up against Wickham . |
| 6 | But she was trying to wean herself off them and to give in now would be to acknowledge the potency of the nightmare . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh Simon ! ’ he said , looking at my face as if he was trying to memorize it for some exam . |
| 8 | He was trying to move it off the path . |
| 9 | I was trying to put myself into X. Ray 's head . |
| 10 | And that 's I was trying to put myself in the position of before . |
| 11 | Merrill sensed that he was trying to put her at her ease , building a bridge over the rift that divided them , to get the evening off to a good start . |
| 12 | He was trying to put her in the wrong again . |
| 13 | She was trying to open it with one hand , while the other held the bearskin to her breasts , when Guy reached down and retrieved her shift . |
| 14 | And I was trying to explain something to her in German . |
| 15 | But just as I was trying to explain it to her , they repeated the telephone number , so I rang them up . |
| 16 | ‘ What was he doing there , anyway ? ’ 'Raoul was trying to tap him for money . ’ |
| 17 | It took me quite a while to convince him that my being with you was because I was trying to persuade you to — ’ |
| 18 | He was trying to convince him of something and kept at it . |
| 19 | The words were spoken with a provocative , sidelong glance and Melissa was sure that , just for the hell of it , he was trying to trick her into questioning him over his relationship with Rose . |
| 20 | I was trying to discourage him from coming , but he seemed determined to make the flight . ’ |
| 21 | From what Morse said it looks as though he was trying to flog it in some under-the-counter deal , but I do n't see how it helps us . ’ |
| 22 | She covered it with her hand immediately as if she was trying to hide it from prying eyes . |
| 23 | A man , a large man , was beating a woman , a little woman who seemed scarcely more than a child , and was trying to drag her into one of the tenements which lined the opposite side of the road . |
| 24 | There was cramp in my neck and arms and I was so tired that it seemed almost as if a malevolent magnetism was trying to drag me to the ground . |
| 25 | At the same time she handed off a man who was trying to prevent her from leaving . |
| 26 | 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 |
| 27 | He knew that she was trying to help him save his marriage , and in a tiny part of himself he knew that she was right . |
| 28 | The Security Council always tut-tutted when anybody suggested that it was trying to starve anybody to death , but if sanctions were going to be effective then people would die because they did not get enough to eat . |
| 29 | I just wonder what 's I last I heard they were the receiver was trying to pull it into the collapse but er |
| 30 | ‘ The way you weave in your own background , your own — um — illness , and that trouble or guilt Robert was trying to tell me about . |