Example sentences of "[be] trying for " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're trying for something that 's funky , something that sounds good , and you just grab whatever comes to hand . |
| 2 | That 's what we 're trying for anyway . |
| 3 | Well we 're trying for first of March . |
| 4 | So then we 're trying for Greece ? |
| 5 | Cos there was one in July and I suspected it would clash with holidays , which it probably does , so the November one I 'm trying for . |
| 6 | I know I 'm trying for it I 'm trying for it . |
| 7 | I know I 'm trying for it I 'm trying for it . |
| 8 | French Glory , who deprived Nashwan of second in the Niel , has the assistance of Pat Eddery , who will be trying for a record fifth Arc win . |
| 9 | In Grandstand on Saturday ( BBC1 , 12.15pm ) , there is live coverage of the whole of Ireland v England from Lansdowne Road , where England will be looking for their seventh consecutive win against Ireland , and live coverage of the first half plus highlights of France v Wales from Paris — Wales will be trying for their first win there since 1975 . |
| 10 | We hear they may be trying for 2.5 volts to reduce heat on the part . |
| 11 | Such a long passage without any breathing spaces would be trying for a single player , who would have to fit in an intake of breath where the phrasing breaks . |
| 12 | Sunderland Harrier David Clark , trained by Stan Long , is entered for the youths 3,000 metres and he will be trying for a personal best time after improving his marks when winning the North-East 800 and 1500 metres titles . |
| 13 | The song reminded me of my ex-wife , only the group were trying for wistful melancholy and my associations were screaming nightmare . |
| 14 | In a field landing , or whenever you are trying for a spot landing ( which , of course , should be on every landing ) , the moment you find that you are having to keep full airbrake on continuously , you should start to side-slip and use up the excess height . |
| 15 | BLACK SQUARES — A player landing on one of the black House of Commons gate squares may throw again , unless they have more than 325 votes and are trying for Number 10 . |
| 16 | Aycliffe and I are trying for a way to have the will stand . |
| 17 | Dozens of sudents who ca n't get into medical colleges in this country are trying for places in Czechoslovakia . |
| 18 | Karen Gorbutt , 30 , from South London , has been trying for years to get her partner , Matthew Allen , 30 , to be considerate around the house . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been trying for forty years and the margin of error 's still about eighty per cent . ’ |
| 20 | The US has been trying for a decade to clinch the deal , not least because it would give its nuclear forces control of what is seen as the strategically vital Pacific zone and a new set of options if its Philippine naval and air bases are threatened . |
| 21 | Great local artists like Gilberto Gil have been trying for years to promote their country 's music , but ( as with the African-music boom ) it has taken the combination of an enthusiastic American super-star and cosmopolitan French audiences to really make the change . |
| 22 | The crowds at Constitution Dock cheered the owner who has been trying for 20 years to score a major success in this race . |
| 23 | Mr Deukmejian , who was elected governor in 1982 , has been trying for a mighty long time to get the death penalty enforced in California . |
| 24 | Mr Kemp has been trying for several years to prod the White House into launching a serious anti-poverty programme . |
| 25 | Whitaker and Milton would have been trying for a unique hat-trick in this , the most important of all indoor championships , after winning in Dortmund in 1990 and Gothenburg last year . |
| 26 | SIR — The fact that Steve Redfern has been trying for six years to resume playing rugby union after playing rugby league ( Daily Telegraph , April 2 ) shows that union is a more enjoyable game . |
| 27 | The ancient Egyptians had been trying for centuries to prevent the export of their sacred felines . |
| 28 | This includes women who 've been trying for a test tube baby , have a history of pelvic inflammatory disease or sexually transmitted diseases , have suffered previous ectopic pregnancy , or surgery on their tubes , and those who 've had infertility problems . |
| 29 | It would have been more usual to have asked her with careful casualness to wait behind after the meeting but what he had to say was private and he had been trying for some weeks now to cut down the number of times when they were known to be alone together . |
| 30 | Sylvia had been trying for years to overcome her claustrophobia , but with little or no success . |