Example sentences of "was try [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The young man in the Fisherman 's Cooperative office was trying to be helpful . |
| 2 | He knew the Doctor was trying to be helpful , but it was all too unbelievable . |
| 3 | I was trying to be cool , but the statues were not funny to me . |
| 4 | I put it on the arm on the chair , I was trying to be clever and I sat down and it had like material there and I caught the material and I just sort , all fell down here , it 's a lovely smell . |
| 5 | Perhaps he was trying to be hospitable — not an easy task for him when she was the guest ! |
| 6 | ‘ I think you 'll have to , ’ said Fenella , who found the idea completely appalling , but who was trying to be practical and sensible and make it sound safe for them to go so that they could get Nuadu . |
| 7 | ‘ I was trying to be polite . |
| 8 | A great man in those days who was trying to be encouraging told me I had a terrific eye for English weather . |
| 9 | She was trying to be friendly , to show me that she , too , could be human and silly . |
| 10 | He was trying to be friendly , that 's all . |
| 11 | He was trying to be jolly again . |
| 12 | Joe was trying to be bright and cheerful , but there was a deep undercurrent of sadness , and later , when he had gone back to his office , Dana said : ‘ I think he 's terribly lonely . ’ |
| 13 | I do n't think Kenneth was trying to be outrageous at all . |
| 14 | Fenella was thinking it , but she was trying to be sensible and practical . |
| 15 | He sounded like a man who was trying to be brave after his marriage had just fallen apart . |
| 16 | I looked to see if he was trying to be unpleasant but he was obviously making an effort to be polite . |