Example sentences of "[adv] for [noun pl] trying [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed fitting for Thatcherism to end , not with a bang , but with the protracted whimper of a ‘ hung ’ parliament ; with the Tories struggling on for days trying to patch up some squalid deal with the Ulster Unionists , before Neil Kinnock and Paddy Ashdown were driven to 10 Downing Street in their Daimlers . |
| 2 | Hamburger-flipping jobs ( ‘ McJobs ’ ) that pay the minimum wage ( $3.80 an hour in 1990 ) are fine for teenagers , but not for parents trying to support a family . |
| 3 | Of course , there is some very good help around for women trying to breastfeed — for health visitors , midwives , nurses and breastfeeding counsellors , who you can contact through organisations like the National Childbirth Trust and the La Leche League . |
| 4 | I would sit there for ages trying to figure out how it accomplished this . |
| 5 | The way ahead for paleontologists trying to build up a knowledge of evolution has been spurred on by the revolution in plate tectonics , which has provided a better understanding of the stratigraphic record and fossilized data . |