Example sentences of "[pers pn] 've been trying [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There does n't seem to be much of it about , not even many DFs , so I 've been trying to stock up lately . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been trying to remember , ever since one of your men telephoned to say somebody would be along to talk to me . |
| 3 | ‘ All the way over I 've been trying to remember it . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been trying to reach you . ’ |
| 5 | She said , ‘ I 've been trying to reach Robin Culley . ’ |
| 6 | Taking a folder from a wire tray on the desk , he said , ‘ I 've been trying to reach you all morning . ’ |
| 7 | The man I 've been trying to reach ever since I first started this whole thing . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The thing I 've been trying to do all along is to create a very large-sounding rock record — orchestrated , in a way — combining that with my songwriting style , which is pretty eclectic , I suppose . |
| 9 | What I 've been trying to do on the meantime is to improve the whole budgeting system . |
| 10 | So you see what I 've been , what I 've been trying to do in this lecture is to explain the , the modern biological basis which I think makes Freud 's findings intelligent . |
| 11 | What I want to do today , what I 've been trying to do today is to spend that time looking at certain aspects of the way the business works , the way you work . |
| 12 | I mean biologists , when they 're talking to one another , are , by and large , talking about Darwin and that 's what I 've been trying to do . |
| 13 | For thirty years I 've been trying to give an affirmative reply to that question . |
| 14 | I 've been I mean I 've been trying to give our a bit of a hand whenever i can , in |
| 15 | I 've been trying to liaise with the Save our Forests which is and forestry privatization and technically I 'm on the committee . |
| 16 | I 've been trying to generate IPX files using SHGEN , but I 'm obviously doing something wrong . |
| 17 | I 've been trying to draw him today . |
| 18 | ‘ Hope that you 'll finally understand what I 've been trying to let you know over the past few days without frightening you away by putting it into words . |
| 19 | I 've been trying to ignore it — scared to face it — trying to pretend I did n't care . |
| 20 | went to put the , he , he went away again , but I , I did mention to the police , who I might say were very helpful were ninety per cent of burglars do n't get cleared up so of course it was n't important and I never expected it would be , but I did mention to the police at the time that I would like an future occasion because I 've been trying to use guns in America er to have a gun in the house but they er , but they would n't erm agree to it at all |
| 21 | Because the kind of earthly and human illustrations that I 've been trying to use this morning are all bound to fall short . |
| 22 | I I 've I 've been trying to see the 's about it and about getting copies of some of his poems so that people could see them you know . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've been trying to go for the last half-hour , ’ he whispered , ‘ but you wo n't let go of my neck ! ’ |
| 24 | I 've been trying to lead my friends , but I do n't know whether they 'd care to hear me called Chief Rabbit . " |
| 25 | I 've been trying to vacuum this through all morning I have n't even done it |
| 26 | I 've been trying to spot room for that |
| 27 | I 've been trying to persuade them — ’ |
| 28 | Her angry look vanished , and quickly pulling herself together , she smiled at Giles and said , ‘ I 've been trying to persuade Robert to dance with me but without success . |
| 29 | I 've been trying to talk some sense into her . ’ |
| 30 | I 've been trying to sleep for the last half-hour , and I ca n't . |