Example sentences of "[pers pn] try to be [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I try to be a bit middle-of-the-road , saying yes , I 'm not particularly bothered about how I look . |
2 | I try to be a reasonably abstemious individual . |
3 | I and I 'm not a I 'm not a moaner , I try to be I 'm a Christian and I try to be a Chris Christian spirit to everyone . |
4 | You try to be a white person or you go to them and try to be accepted and you go back to blacks and they do n't like it . |
5 | He said , you try ( I think he did n't mean , you try to be a bitch ) . |
6 | And you do n't fall asleep , as you are inclined to do if you try to be an absorbent sponge , soaking in what the authors say as if they had the last word . |
7 | The more clever you try to be the more ineffective you become . ’ |
8 | You try to be the first to look aside |