Example sentences of "[was/were] trying [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And erm and Miss asked why we were n't friends any more and we goes well she lied and you know , she splits up most people by doing that cos they were trying to tell us the truth and we would n't listen . |
| 2 | His girlfriend was trying to give him the kiss of life . |
| 3 | Everyone , save Babs Osborne , understood that her Polish lover was trying to give her the push . |
| 4 | He could n't actually tell me what was going on because that would put him in shtuck but he was trying to tip me the wink . |
| 5 | I found I was trying to announce it the I 'd this and I 'd that in there . |
| 6 | Ianthe was trying to imagine what the room would be like and where exactly the house would be but somehow did not like to ask for further details . |