Example sentences of "[pers pn] be trying [verb] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am trying to save one of the most important men in England from a difficult situation . |
| 2 | I AM trying to trace two relatives the sisters Dolly Tasker ( formerly of Myrtle Gardens , Liverpool 7 ) , and Margaret Coppick ( of Wavertree ? ) . |
| 3 | I 'm trying to do eight things at once as usual . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm trying to find three rooms on the same floor . ’ |
| 5 | I found that I was trying to achieve two somewhat incompatible objectives . |
| 6 | I think we 're losing track of what this actually is Paul , there are , you 're trying to do two things at once what you 're trying to do , I think is use it as a learning process for children but this is an annual report for parents and I think that part of it a at least surely must be a report by the sa member of staff , by the department on how the child has done , by the member staff . |
| 7 | Ms Botwin disagrees : ‘ Problems are inevitable because you 're trying to bring two very different individuals , and sometimes many more , into some kind of intimacy , which means differing values and all kinds of compromises . |
| 8 | ‘ We are trying to organise one or two extra special events to help raise the profile of the trust . |
| 9 | My argument is it 's being done all in one go that we 're trying to do nine on one day . |
| 10 | We 're trying to convey two things . |
| 11 | Other essays are damaged by what appears to be an opposite problem , but is actually a result of the same lack of structure : they read as if they are trying to solve two or more problems at once . |
| 12 | And they 're trying they 're trying to compile one of these things . |
| 13 | They 're trying to trace two men seen in a car close to where the attack happened . |
| 14 | Police are urging horse owners and stables to be on their guard , and they 're trying to trace two men seen parked near Natton in a car . |
| 15 | It is trying to find 30 young unemployed people to join a 16-week project exploring attitudes towards HIV and Aids , and is even offering £10 a week above unemployment benefit , travel expenses , luncheon vouchers , and £50 a week for child care . |
| 16 | His voice , which sounds like a male version of Dietrich 's , trips over itself when he is trying to communicate one of his many enthusiasms . |
| 17 | While he was trying to read one of the tail rotor struck it and anti-torque control was lost . |