Example sentences of "[vb base] you [am/are] trying " in BNC.
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| 1 | OK , imagine you are trying to clear your throat — politely , not a great hacking cough , just a ‘ pre-after-dinner-speech ’ kind of a snort . |
| 2 | The precise degree to which you decide to use techniques for avoiding " I " and " we " will depend on the overall register you are trying to produce . |
| 3 | Yeah I mean you 're trying to think ahead , you 're umming and ahing |
| 4 | ‘ You mean you 're trying to buy me off ? ’ |
| 5 | I appreciate you 're trying to get on . |
| 6 | so it 's not exactly like you 're trying to put you know you 're trying to put a right hand onto a left hand , but it , it 's a certain element of that , erm having said that what do you think ? |
| 7 | And you think well of course it would would n't it you know you 're trying to you get to the stage you can believe me you get to the stage quite quickly where you ca n't understand why other people do n't see it . |
| 8 | I said , ‘ Oh for Chris'sakes , shut up I know you 're trying to be nice to me and help me , but please do n't because you 're just giving me a headache . ’ |
| 9 | Graft and corruption goes o throughout Italy , but it 's the extent of it and who was involved in it up to the Prime Minister that was the problem , but no I have no problems , John I know you 're trying to get on . |
| 10 | ‘ I gather you 're trying to find Heather Mallender . ’ |
| 11 | She said , ‘ I think you 're trying to tell me that I should remember something of this . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I think you 're trying to be honest , ’ Henry said . |
| 13 | ‘ I think you 're trying to trip me up . ’ |
| 14 | I think you 're trying to over-simplify the matter . |
| 15 | When your dogs are eating it is not a good idea to pat them ; if they think you are trying to take their food they will defend it with your life . |
| 16 | ‘ I see you 're trying to guarantee results , ’ she said , but lightly . |