Example sentences of "trying [to-vb] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are no good for trying to implant a second time because the wood is a year older and much less likely to ‘ take ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ The last time we saw you , ’ Prue says to him , as she ladles the haricots around his gigot , ‘ you were just desperately trying to find a second line to go after ‘ Goe , and catch a falling starre . ’ |
| 3 | And as I moved my foot about , like this , trying to find the next rung , I began to realize things were n't quite right . |
| 4 | And I was going like this doing a little dance on the ladder trying to find the next rung and the ladder was doing a little dance on the wall . |
| 5 | As well as looking messy , this means that trying to find the next step in the process is somewhat disruptive of the reading process , and hence , possibly , to retention of the information . |
| 6 | Computerworld interprets IBM 's willingness to make public its plans for OS/2 3.0 as the latest advance in the clash with Microsoft Corp : having lost out in the personal computer operating system game , where OS/2 is lagging far behind compared with MS-DOS and Windows , IBM is trying to position the next generation OS/2 competitively against Microsoft 's forthcoming NT operating system . |
| 7 | Since then he had been trying to write the second book . |
| 8 | His mind was n't up to speaking one line while listening to another , and at the same time trying to remember the next move . |
| 9 | If you were skilled the card flew to the back of the pavement and the next player threw , trying to cover the first card with his . |
| 10 | The term he had spent at school trying to understand the first thing about physics had been wasted . |
| 11 | Or you could be sensible and stop trying to squeeze the last drop of current from the transformer ! |
| 12 | I found myself fronting various current affairs programmes , striving for impeccable balance when the wily professional politicians were at loggerheads in the studio , each trying to have the last word and score the final point . |
| 13 | weakness : midfield/up front — Nilsen is a defender and Ingebrigtsen is not playing first team futba for City — he has been rented out to norwegian club rosenborg this summer and is now back in city , trying to get a first team place . |
| 14 | Barns were supposed to have hay in them — they did in the movies — where the hero could hide while the baddies , with a total disregard for blood poisoning or spread HIV , jabbed a pitchfork in and out like a demented barman trying to get the last maraschino out of the bottle . |
| 15 | Well as usual we could n't remember the last time you came , I was trying to think the last time |
| 16 | All he could feel was his body , trying to anticipate the next touch . |