Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] have been trying " in BNC.
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| 1 | Weather gets nastier here — my week in 21–28 October was warm and wet , so I lazed and read and ate — read a lot and ate a lot which , given the state of the bathroom scales , enriched both mind and body ( HA HA ) so I have been trying to eat and drink less . |
| 2 | It is for this reason that most doctors will not generally accept that couples have a fertility problem until they have been trying to conceive for at the very least a year . |
| 3 | We have lost it , I think , because we have been trying to lose the people and feelings it used to describe . |
| 4 | But please avoid looking as though you have been trying too hard with your choice of waistcoat . |
| 5 | ‘ It looks as though they have been trying to get rid of me here for three years . |