Example sentences of "when [pron] 're trying " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you 're trying to demolish a false promise , I suspect you are less likely to close your eyes to unacceptable facts . ’ |
| 2 | When you 're trying to custom fit each solo to the mood of the track , how much attention do you pay to the lyrical topic that Dave Mustaine is addressing , and his approach to it emotionally ? |
| 3 | When you 're trying to cut down on caffeine or alcohol , drinking plain mineral water as a substitute can be very boring . |
| 4 | And when you 're trying to impress the opposite sex , a foot-long bundle of foliage might just not cut it . |
| 5 | It ai n't cool to be cold when you 're trying to catch some kip after an energetic day 's walking . |
| 6 | When you 're trying to dribble the ball past opponents you might want to side-step him without changing direction . |
| 7 | but a piece of research would be very good because that would help in honesty when you 're trying to get erm organized with er transport and things |
| 8 | ‘ Especially , ’ Angelica said , ‘ when you 're trying to make out a form for somebody whom you know wo n't appear anywhere in the records . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ The only times you ever make any effort to think , ’ says Phil , ‘ are when you 're trying to understand what I 'm saying . |
| 10 | When you 're trying to wrap up international agreements on global warming and the protection of biodiversity , let alone to devise ‘ an agenda for action ’ for all countries to follow in the next century , things will inevitably escalate . |
| 11 | But I was thrown into this Guild secretary business and er you ca n't do both , not when you 're trying to erm a family and then by then my son was away and erm I went got a job and the Co-op gave me a job . |
| 12 | Especially when you 're trying your people . |
| 13 | Do you ever get the ‘ Invalid Media or Track 0 bad ’ message when you 're trying to reformat a floppy ? |
| 14 | The ‘ Invalid Media or Track 0 bad ’ message will usually appear when you 're trying to reformat a higher density disk at a lower density . |
| 15 | ‘ One — ’ he cocked a thumb ‘ — when you 're trying to creep out of a castle no one is asleep . |
| 16 | It sounds crazy to say I had n't noticed it before , as we must have driven by ten or a dozen times , but you really do n't notice that much when you 're trying to keep your balance and play at the same time . |
| 17 | And secondly we do recognize the quality of the countryside South of Cleveland and need to retain its character and the lit the character of its villages which erm in fact do add to the attractions of the area when you 're trying to e erm bring in new industry . |
| 18 | Well no , but and I were just thinking well why ca n't it just be all things together that make us what we are and when you 're trying to find a single thing , the only single thing is the one , which is the unity and then there 's no differentiation but I do n't think that , that we are , we are our body as well and that then can affect the soul you know , if you , if you 've got a big nose and all your life people stare at you you 're gon na , you 're not going to be unaffected by it . |
| 19 | It 's , it 's one thing legislating , it 's a completely different ball game when you are , erm , trying to enfor enforce it , and especially when you 're trying to enforce it with ingredients imported from abroad . |
| 20 | They sometimes come across stilted do n't they when you 're trying |
| 21 | Now , when you 're trying to distinguish whether it 's idiomatic or not , do n't , you know it 's very difficult to find the fine line between something which is formal , and still idiomatic , and something which is idiomatic through being too colloquially informal . |
| 22 | You were saying you do emphasize when you 're trying to get people to understand . |
| 23 | It 's not that when you 're trying to change that people stay in equilibrium point at all , they actually go down to there . |
| 24 | Well you do get aeriated though when you 're trying to do a new job do n't you ? |
| 25 | When you 're trying to keep track of so many things are n't you ? |
| 26 | I said it 's funny , I said , but now when you 're trying to help |
| 27 | And , the people that were milling around us when you 're trying to drink a cup of coffee stood up last year it was just the , you know , people are not |
| 28 | When you 're trying to write down speech , you can see that there are all sorts of problems initially , of how much you write down . |
| 29 | As erm as a doctor , Bill , I have ingrained on my heart Aneurin Bevan 's words when the National Health Service was introduced in this country by the post-war Labour government , against the wishes of my colleagues , and he commented that he would erm cross our palms with silver , and he did that very successfully , with the result that he stifled a lot of opposition amongst some very powerful people , and erm of course when you 're trying to introduce a new scheme such as this and you 're terribly keen that erm it should take off and be successful , you do , of course , cross palms with silver . |
| 30 | for all the time that we have to sit behind you when we 're trying to drive around blowing our horns going get out the way . |