Example sentences of "you have been trying [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sure that 's that 's gon na work against what you 've been trying to do since you got here . |
| 2 | ‘ You 've been trying to ease me out , Charles . |
| 3 | You 've been trying to turn it have n't you ? |
| 4 | ‘ Put your head and arm through , ’ he recommended , before adding , ‘ You 've been trying to avoid me . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm sorry if it 's brought back everything you 've been trying to forget . |
| 6 | The danger 's coming closer all the time — whatever it is — and besides , the Threarah is n't going to like it if he finds out that you 've been trying to get at rabbits in the Owsla , Bigwig . |
| 7 | When you 've been trying to get rid of me ever since we met ? |
| 8 | ‘ You 've been trying to get us not to hush this case up . ’ |
| 9 | So that few minutes at the end is important for picking up these extra marks you 've been trying to throw away , okay , where you can do it , and the few minutes at the beginning is to look through and find that question wherever it was , that one on the last page . |
| 10 | ‘ You 've been trying to divert my attention from the box ! |
| 11 | You 've been trying to over-compensate for Eddie 's death for far too long . ’ |
| 12 | The AS presumably indicates Andrew Stavanger , and the TMJ will be his secretary , or one of the typing staff And it reads sensibly enough — it is just the sort of letter that he might have been expected to write if he got back to his office late and were told that you had been trying to get in touch with him . |
| 13 | It may just be the book you have been trying to find for years ! |
| 14 | In the meantime , I understand you have been trying to find out how the Carmel Woods inquiry went . |