Example sentences of "[subord] i [be] trying [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | … why am I writing all this out as if I were trying to assimilate myself to her ? |
| 2 | It was like — almost as if I was trying to answer them , in my mind . |
| 3 | I 'm up all night for nights and you do n't thank me , you act as if I 'm trying to exclude you from something . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But I suppose I thought it was , like I was trying to tell him today , a gut feeling , being Irish . |
| 6 | If that means that I 've got to upset a few people because I 'm trying to prevent somebody 's life being lost then I will upset those people . |
| 7 | Because — oh , because I 'm trying to help someone outside the family . |
| 8 | It took me quite a while to convince him that my being with you was because I was trying to persuade you to — ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It 's because I was trying to tell myself something , and I was n't taking any notice . |
| 10 | They do , when I 'm trying to do summat . |
| 11 | But just as I was trying to explain it to her , they repeated the telephone number , so I rang them up . |
| 12 | She does n't co-operate as I 'm trying to get her jumper off . |