Example sentences of "[prep] trying [to-vb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She narrowed her eyes at him and warned him icily , ‘ If you 've come here with some idea of trying to block my petition to become Kirsty 's guardian , I warn you right now you 're wasting your time ! ’ |
| 2 | You must not fall into the common error of trying to fill your tank with Dwarfs using the usual inches of fish/surface area criterion . |
| 3 | You must not fall into the common error of trying to fill your tank with Dwarfs using the usual inches of fish/surface area criterion . |
| 4 | Governments should not need to learn what so many people and companies have had to learn — the dangers of trying to borrow your way out of trouble . |
| 5 | A jury has been told that a woman accused of trying to kill her ex-boyfriend for the insurance money had no motive . |
| 6 | Magistrate accused of trying to kill his wife . |
| 7 | Unlike Sunsoft Inc , Solbourne is not in the process of trying to upgrade its operating system to cope with the requirements of large-scale SMP systems , its had that work under its belt for many moons . |
| 8 | As a doctor she would be i in the dilemma of of trying to give her daughter something which er is not allowed , and yet as a as a doctor she could prescribe other things for other people and here she is as a mother with her own child in her own house , unable to do anything very much for her . |
| 9 | It 's sad , you know ’ — she turned about and looked at Peggy ‘ It is sad when a mother outshines a daughter , and aims to do it to the extent of trying to fascinate her son-in-law . |
| 10 | She ached in every muscle from the constant strain of trying to keep her balance on the heaving deck . |
| 11 | Yet already you have accused me of trying to endanger your mother 's life through risky water sports . |
| 12 | This bottom-up approach may well be a very fruitful way of trying to understand what language is and how it works , but that does not mean that it is the best way to teach a language , or that it is the way we use a language when we do know it . |
| 13 | London sex therapist Dr Brian Richards , convicted in the US of trying to have his partner killed , was yesterday found guilty of serious professional misconduct by the professional conduct committee of the General Medical Council , who ordered his name struck off . |
| 14 | AYRTON SENNA was last night accused by his cut-throat rival Nigel Mansell of trying to pinch his drive with the all-conquering Williams Renault team . |
| 15 | Using painting , using art , to create a modus vivendi , a way of understanding life ; that is , for the time being , of trying to make my life into a work of art itself , instead of spending my life creating works of art in the form of paintings or sculptures . |
| 16 | Ways of trying to increase your bargaining power include delaying negotiations or confrontation until you are in a stronger position , initiating action in another area which raises the costs to your opponent if he disagrees with your offer , linking the issue under discussion with much wider issues which do not seem of much importance at first sight to your opponent but which may be to his long-term disadvantage but to your long-term advantage which will compensate for your short-term loss . |
| 17 | While all this was going on I was in the middle of trying to buy my farm back from a pension fund . |
| 18 | Beyond that it 's just a matter of trying to perceive whatever vision you have . |
| 19 | He reached ground level unharmed and , discounting the thought of trying to retrieve his car from the courtyard , headed off towards the street most heavily trafficked at this time of night , which was Kennington Park Road . |
| 20 | Thus , it is reasonable to argue , instead of trying to determine what class is by theoretical disputation , let us recognise that what we have here is a concept which probably indicates something significant about social behaviour , but precisely what that is is not clear . |
| 21 | But they did a whole bunch of things to us , like trying to sabotage our show . |
| 22 | Well , in the definition that we heard , it tends to be associated with , with trying to rid your body of the food that you 've consumed during a binge . |
| 23 | TWO hitch-hikers cut a motorist 's throat with a Stanley knife before trying to steal his car radio . |
| 24 | For , apart from trying to hold her hand in the taxi , he had been quite well behaved . |
| 25 | They have therefore been active in trying to use their experience to influence social policy , and in 1986 they made recommendations to the Health Advisory Service on administering patients ' money ( the hospital bank system ) and on the hospital complaints procedure . |
| 26 | These moralists are wrong , at least in trying to base their challenge simply on the structure of obligations . |
| 27 | Is it some sort of reference to your own noble persistence in trying to restore our marriage ? |
| 28 | In trying to remember my Father I suppose the image that comes most vividly to mind is that of a tall , large-boned man with balding grey hair , a rather beautifully-shaped nose and kind but sad grey eyes . |
| 29 | In view of the problems involved with breaking up large firms and the difficulties likely to be encountered in trying to control their behaviour , competition policy in the UK has tended to concentrate more on the preservation of a competitive market structure . |
| 30 | Once it 's finally printed , Oslobodjenje faces just as many problems in trying to reach its audience . |