Example sentences of "[be] try [to-vb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I think what I 'll do yeah is like when they 're trying to clean my window I 'll open the gu and shoot er open the window yeah and I 'll get out a gun and shoot them . |
| 2 | Add a touch of royal style to short hair — this look is especially good if you 're trying to grow your hair . |
| 3 | Wintertime rolling your shoulders after a fresh haircut because you 're trying to retract your head into your coat because your head 's got goosepimples . |
| 4 | Shelley , we 're trying to eat our cheese on toast . |
| 5 | They 're trying to make our course into a three day a week . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're trying to protect your relationship with your fiancée . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | If it 's bail , you 're trying to get your client released , possibly with conditions . |
| 9 | Stupid she might be to try to protect her sister , but old habits clung and she could n't abandon Dana to Roman 's anger . |
| 10 | She said I 'm trying to lose my temper ! |
| 11 | Oh that 's quite honest , it 's perfectly normal , but erm , I 'm trying to persuade your dad to buy forty percent of the shares |
| 12 | " Look , sir , " the young man called Starke said seriously , putting his pen down , " I 'm trying to do my job here ; now … are we going to approach this in a sensible manner or not ? |
| 13 | Get lost I 'm trying to do my chemistry prep . |
| 14 | But I 'm trying to make her brain work not one of yours . |
| 15 | I 'm trying to make our foundry more efficient . |
| 16 | I 'm trying to wash my hair , but I dare n't do , I 'll do it tomorrow |
| 17 | She does n't co-operate as I 'm trying to get her jumper off . |
| 18 | Yeah Bryony went if you , well she 's not so bad now she 's got over that phase where she refused to have her coat on , but if you 're trying to get her ready erm and she does n't want to get ready , she 'll say either go away or do n't do that to me if I 'm trying to get her coat on . |
| 19 | I know I 've been a bit stupid , but I 'm trying to get my act together and all Luke-do-it-all-Denner does is give me a hard time ! |
| 20 | No , I 'm trying to get my Christmas shopping done . |
| 21 | I 'm trying to get my mother to dress and behave properly . " |
| 22 | You follow me , ask them right then , I 'm trying to get your head on er , on , on er how the form close see |
| 23 | ‘ Look , ’ he said , ‘ I 'm trying to protect my wife and myself . |
| 24 | And I think the police would be fairly sympathetic when I explain that I 'm trying to protect my wife from someone who sends sick , threatening letters . ’ |
| 25 | I 'm trying to work my way to the end . |
| 26 | ‘ I was adopted , and I 'm trying to trace my mother . |
| 27 | I 'm trying to find your hand |
| 28 | Vicki will be trying to repeat her double 1991 success in the junior and senior open women 's 200m individual medley while Laura has the junior and senior women 's 50m freestyle trophies at stake . |
| 29 | I mean er they do n't I , I think it 's more like an interview you know er really , where they w they will be trying to assess your suitability as well as the actual institution that 's going to give you the course . |
| 30 | Supposed to be trying to watch me weight |