Example sentences of "'ve [been] trying to " in BNC.
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1 | I 've been trying to be a footballer , and that is n't me . |
2 | As you 're aware , we 've been trying to or organize this sort of open forum , engineering in the house in September |
3 | I 've got a trainee manager at the moment and I 've been trying to he 's just making such a balls up it 's easier not to . |
4 | I 've been trying to . |
5 | We 've been trying to . |
6 | For twelve months , I 've been trying to er , when I realised that that was put on my cleaning bill , it seemed to be so unfair that the little ol and the lady who , up till now has has cleaned for me , because the home help service , no longer just does cleaning . |
7 | So I 've been trying , I 've been trying to sort of , I I was arguing saying , I do n't think that 's true . |
8 | This County Council failed to do it from the time , time it was formed until eighty-five ; it failed even to address the problem , never mind do it , and we 've been trying to , to sort of do some catching up . |