Example sentences of "[adv] trying [to-vb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 It fulfilled none of my expectations and seemed to be merely trying to make me laugh at the fact that it had left me standing there grasping at nothing .
2 The patient may find these activities both boring and frustrating , especially if you are constantly trying to make him concentrate on them as educational tasks .
3 Women , they argue , are always trying to make them stop doing things they most like doing ( getting messy , drinking , staying out late and so on ) just like their mothers used to .
4 I told her that oiling was not our job and that management was always trying to make us do more work for the same pay .
5 Girls are always trying to make you feel sorry for them , but they ca n't fool me .
6 As though okay my sis and my sister 's right she , Andrea , she 's really trying to make it look as though she 's going that erm you Daniel and Mark are beating me up and stuff yeah ?
7 For about three weeks I sat constantly for about four hours a day with Dawn perched on my fist , watching TV or listening to the radio , quietly trying to make it seem as if this were the most natural thing in the world for a boy and his owl to be doing .
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