Example sentences of "[adv] try to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone is vulnerable this evening , so try to be sensitive . |
| 2 | So try to be Mediterranean about it . |
| 3 | No wonder Peter lacked confidence and spent all his time merely trying to be amusing in the face of Marc 's uncompromising thirst for excellence ! |
| 4 | But it was obvious that the girl was only trying to be respectful . |
| 5 | ‘ I was only trying to be helpful . |
| 6 | They 're not trying to push , they are only trying to be helpful , but I think it is a material matter for the committee to consider . |
| 7 | In the case of upshot , it is the illocutionary or perlocutionary force , what the speaker is trying to do with his or her words , which is made explicit , and this may be prefaced by utterances like : ‘ Are you trying to annoy me ? ’ or ‘ What 's the point of telling me this ? ’ or ‘ I was only trying to be friendly ’ . |
| 8 | Was it true ? she demanded of the silly girl : that she 'd run away from the boys when they were only trying to be friendly ? |
| 9 | ‘ But I just tried to be patient , and one day everything just started to be okay again . |
| 10 | The first piece of advice that 's necessary is that you should n't just try to be fashionable by choosing juicy speeches that catch your eye without knowing the whole play and having a working idea of how to perform the speech . |
| 11 | Ralph , the first boy to come into contact with Piggy did not try to be friendly towards him . |
| 12 | He did not try to be difficult because she was a woman . |
| 13 | They should not try to be fair to other countries . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought ‘ You must be very calm , you must not antagonise your aggressor , just try to be calm and keep sensible , and always think what you are saying before you say it ’ , ’ said Lizzie , of Oxford , who bears a striking resemblance to her sister . |
| 15 | Do they get in trouble even though the players are not trying to be manipulative and political in the negative sense of the word ? |
| 16 | and that 's not trying to be sexist , but that 's how |
| 17 | Pugin was not trying to be different for the sake of it ; his medieval revival was born from a genuine moral and religious fervour . |
| 18 | I I 'm not trying to be a I 'm not trying to be obstructive I 'm just trying to get |
| 19 | The noble was not trying to be condescending . |
| 20 | He is not trying to be humble , he is genuinely perplexed by the chemistry that exists between himself and other people . |
| 21 | Occasionally there will still be glimpses of the real person , pleading for help and desperately trying to be free . |
| 22 | She is usually just trying to be friendly and helpful and supportive when the love crazed imbecile is trying to explain that his wife does n't understand him … ( yawn ) . |
| 23 | When women complain about men calling them by endearment terms , it is often thought rather silly — the men are just trying to be friendly , after all , they do not intend any sexist slur . |
| 24 | Not vanity ; just trying to be helpful . |
| 25 | She was just trying to be awkward . |
| 26 | ‘ You 're just trying to be clever , and that 's not too clever in itself , you know . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Well , I always thought I was just trying to be abstract , in some form or fashion , just trying to get something different . |
| 28 | He said : ‘ I was just trying to be hard or something . |
| 29 | ‘ John , you 're just trying to be shocking , ’ said Jannie . |
| 30 | I was just trying to be funny , like Ben . |