Example sentences of "trying [to-vb] [pers pn] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a mistaken notion that if the five declared nuclear powers ( America , the Soviet Union , Britain , France and China ) gave up testing weapons , other countries now trying to acquire them would stop . |
| 2 | In trying to negotiate we must give considerable credence to the particular problem of the most difficult areas . |
| 3 | What I 'm trying to understand you 'll appreciate Mr , is the difference between the test that you are putting forward , er which is whether or not it is part of a built-up area , and the test that Mr is putting forward , whether or not the land is part of the village . |
| 4 | Are you trying to say I should have trusted you over all those … those … betrayals ? ’ |
| 5 | Peter had been trying to prove they should have left him behind ; it had been his father 's idea that he should go , needing the practice if he was ever to go hunting . |