Example sentences of "trying [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The golden glow faded as Daak stumbled through it , almost falling over Ace but staggering on , suddenly aware of the circling dart , trying to swat it with his fists as it closed in … |
| 2 | Look at them closely before closing your eyes and trying to see them in your mind . |
| 3 | A great storm blew up as he approached the island , as if the elements themselves were trying to drive him from his chosen path . |
| 4 | Peach was sitting on the window sill , watching the raindrops run down the outside of the glass and trying to catch them with his paw . |
| 5 | He ignored her completely , seizing hold of Finn 's pyjama jacket and trying to pull it from his back . |
| 6 | We 've bailed each other out and bolstered each other up , we know without asking , so it would have been pointless trying to hide it from her when I first discovered the lumps eighteen months ago . |
| 7 | I am often secretive about what I eat , trying to hide it from my friends and family . |
| 8 | erm And , of course , that was a symbol of all the problems of money that the king had , and the ordinary citizens of Oxford had in trying to provide him with it , mostly very reluctantly and unwillingly . |
| 9 | ‘ You 're not still trying to accuse her of something underhand , are you ? ’ |
| 10 | Stray whispers in a hundred distant-cousin tongues twittered through the ship , as if voices were trying to inform him of his fate , the ghost echoes from a million previous passengers , ten million down the centuries that this ship had been in service . |
| 11 | I 'm up all night for nights and you do n't thank me , you act as if I 'm trying to exclude you from something . |
| 12 | My eyes started to blink and a lump stuck in my throat … if you have ever seen a dog barking in French , wagging not only its rudder but its complete hind quarters , and trying to punch you in your chest at the same time — there you have Emily 's welcome in a nut-shell . |
| 13 | Also because Susan Hart had been trying to reach me through my office . |
| 14 | I 'd rather fill this page with angry letters attacking people who are entertained/moved by fascism , racism , homophobia , whether it 's Morrissey ‘ exploring its fascination ’ or someone scooping out their own shit and trying to sell it to us as ‘ common sense ’ , than have another letter like yours , the first half ( not printed here , lucky readers ) of which is something incomprehensible about The Wedding Present — DQ |
| 15 | This actually tests two things , the capabilities of the software itself and those of the dealer trying to sell it to you . |
| 16 | A botanist spent 10 minutes trying to identify it for me , while I fretted between the reception desk and the child . |
| 17 | But the intricacies , I know more about Europe , eventually , and other countries , due to not being having a a briefing by a Headmaster for half an hour of something The group of us , he had eight to ten of us in the room trying to prime us on what we 'd missed for a year . |
| 18 | The shock seared through his arm and he grabbed at the bracelet as though trying to tear it from his wrist . |
| 19 | Trying to stick it onto your jumper |
| 20 | Carlos and Francisco chatted to them for a while , but then Carlos had to patrol his area , which to him meant strolling around , able to approach and compliment all the prettiest girls , and subsequently trying to fit them into his tight evening schedule ! |
| 21 | He knew that she was trying to help him save his marriage , and in a tiny part of himself he knew that she was right . |
| 22 | Well out of order , the thing is if that 'd been , if that 'd been another troop trying to do it to him , there would of been , there would of been shit |
| 23 | ‘ We 're just trying to do it on our own terms . |
| 24 | You wil you 've obviously sort of seen the method somewhere and you 're trying to do it in your head , but cos you 're not going through it in a fairly formal way |
| 25 | Merrill sensed that he was trying to put her at her ease , building a bridge over the rift that divided them , to get the evening off to a good start . |
| 26 | ‘ Pleased to meet you — we 're not taking your piece after all , ’ a lady sub-editor smiled , trying to put me at my ease . |
| 27 | an electro cardiograph , it 's a tracing of the electrical il impulses from the heart given off by the heart and this chap came in he 'd never had one before and he was nervous anyway , so I 'm trying to put him at his ease and I , I put , you have to put like a rubber band round their arms and legs and attach erm electrodes to them , you do n't feel anything , you 're only measuring the electrical impulses given off by the heart |
| 28 | No-one knows any longer when Morrissey is being sarcastic and when he is trying to awaken us to something . |
| 29 | You can deny it to me all you like — I just hope you 're not trying to deny it to yourself . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Oh , David , why are you trying to spoil it for me ? |