Example sentences of "[pers pn] be try to tell [pers pn] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm trying to tell you something , do n't you understand ? " |
| 2 | ‘ I was trying to tell you something , ’ Stella cried out . |
| 3 | Then I wanted to join the army and that was another two months of warfare , and then when I wanted to go in the police force my parents said , ‘ You 're trying to tell us something about your attitude to school , are n't you ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Think she was trying to tell us something . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Or they 're trying to tell us something . ’ |
| 6 | Course they 're trying to tell us something . ’ |
| 7 | The stars winked over her , as if they were trying to tell her something . |
| 8 | He knew they were trying to tell him something in the sign language used by the deaf and dumb . |
| 9 | Ever felt they were trying to tell you something … |
| 10 | ‘ Do you think he 's trying to tell us something ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm sure it was trying to tell me something , ’ whispered Maud to Enid . |
| 12 | Why was her own heart starting to beat so hard again , frantically , as if it was trying to tell her something she could not or would not hear ? |
| 13 | He was trying to tell them something . |
| 14 | His face was agonized and he was trying to tell me something . |
| 15 | She frowned , thinking that he was trying to tell her something , but what ? |
| 16 | Do you think he was trying to tell us something when he moved house without leaving us a change of address ? |
| 17 | ‘ I had my two dogs with me and on hindsight one of them was trying to tell me something , ’ he said . |