Example sentences of "what [be] [pron] trying [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knowing his plan is to develop the character of Christ in my life , I can much more easily say ‘ What are you trying to teach me Lord ? ’ when I am offended , instead of my natural ‘ Why me Lord ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ What are you trying to teach me Lord ? ’ recognises the sovereignty of God . |
| 3 | What are you trying to bully me into saying , Luke ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Now what are you trying to tell me ? ’ he asked , his mouth twisted in bitterness . |
| 5 | Even in more casual situations people often try to get at the upshot of what is being said with such utterances as ‘ What are you trying to tell me ? ’ |
| 6 | What are you trying to tell me , Cynthia ? |
| 7 | Then his mother said quietly , ‘ What are you trying to tell me , Matthew ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ What are you trying to tell me ? ’ she demanded . |
| 9 | ‘ What are you trying to tell me , Mr Choak ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ What are you trying to tell me ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ What are you trying to tell me now ? |
| 12 | What are you trying to tell me ? |
| 13 | What are you trying to get me to believe now ? |
| 14 | ‘ What were you trying to teach me in this Lord ? ’ |
| 15 | What 's he trying to tell me ? ’ , she asked , and followed such questions with attempts to identify aspects in terms of specific features such as figures , a gravestone , a crucifix , etc before stating , ‘ It 's shocking — it 's so unbelievable ! ’ . |