Example sentences of "[subord] i [be] trying [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I were trying to keep things straight , I should have told Stuart about Oliver 's appearance at the door and what I did with his flowers . |
| 2 | When the landlady opens the door she acts like I 'm trying to sell brushes . |
| 3 | ‘ All this , ’ he adds , ‘ apropos of the drunken caterwauling in the kitchen from J and his cronies while I am trying to read Gide 's Journal on a Saturday evening . ’ |
| 4 | In the Post Office while I was trying to phone Prague , Irena was getting free phone calls in exchange for correcting a German text for the manager , and when we went to a bookshop she had a friend who sold her books at half price . |
| 5 | I could never connect when I was trying to wallop Paul and Rob |
| 6 | There 's hardly any of the usual vertigo effect , when I 'm trying to see things he 's not looking at , when I 'm trying to look at things he 's not seeing . |