Example sentences of "trying [to-vb] [pers pn] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | but then again I 'd rather just let them get on with it I 'm not trying to convert you to the better way of doing things , cos obviously I do n't know a whether there 's |
| 2 | Some girls apparently continue screaming despite the fact that a number of fellows have already reached her and are trying to wrestle her to the ground . |
| 3 | The room was rippling with the sounds of their scuffle as they fought in bitter silence , knocking into wooden furniture , she trying to get away , he trying to get her to the bed until they fell against a nightstand and it crashed to the floor . |
| 4 | Both are there but it has no effect on plane polarised light , for instance , like , as if one of them is trying to rotate it to the left by so many degrees and the other one is rotating to the right by the said the amount . |
| 5 | So we are trying to introduce him to the larger world . |
| 6 | There was cramp in my neck and arms and I was so tired that it seemed almost as if a malevolent magnetism was trying to drag me to the ground . |
| 7 | The moment she did so he was on her , grabbing her by the arm , so that the tray shook violently in her slippery hands , trying to drag her to the clock as he screamed , ‘ Look ! |
| 8 | That , and trying to recruit him to the parents ' Association committee ( which was almost the same thing , as the most active women members were divorcees ) . |