Example sentences of "[be] try [to-vb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exactly , they 're trying to screw me for every single penny they can get out of me |
| 2 | I 'm trying to get one for this model here , we have a lot of these erm similar chassis in them . |
| 3 | That crucial time in a child 's life when he has the ability to understand that his parents and teachers are trying to prepare him for his adult life , will not necessarily be related to his age . |
| 4 | They are trying to prepare themselves for a flight to the North Pole . |
| 5 | ‘ We 've been trying to wake him for half an hour , ’ said Fritz . |
| 6 | I 've been trying to find you for ages . ’ |
| 7 | He had been trying to get something for Dorothy 's headaches . |
| 8 | she 's been trying to get something for the mother of the bride . |
| 9 | I 've been trying to get you for ages but your line 's been engaged . ’ |
| 10 | They had been trying to contact her for several days . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's a sad time for me , but this is something for which I 've been trying to prepare myself for some time , ’ he said . |
| 12 | Is n't this an indication that the government is trying to do something for training in this country ? |
| 13 | ‘ She 's trying to take me for everything I 've got , my friend , ‘ he said . |
| 14 | Her joints are still very painful , but she 's trying to knit something for her husband 's birthday in three weeks . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh Simon ! ’ he said , looking at my face as if he was trying to memorize it for some exam . |
| 16 | ‘ What was he doing there , anyway ? ’ 'Raoul was trying to tap him for money . ’ |
| 17 | But Rochester did er did er , when he was trying to rebuke himself for committing what was bigamy , and the works , he said , when he compared his own wife , who was really a mental animal because she very bestial the way she bit people , and then , he compared her with this sweet , dewy-eyed Jane , he did give a reason did n't he ? |