Example sentences of "and that [pers pn] be trying " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can understand this more clearly if we imagine that the tables have been turned , and that we are trying to get by in basic dolphin-language . |
| 2 | it on the basis that there 's a sort of uniformity and that we 're trying to set a |
| 3 | All claimed that they had attacked La Tablada because they believed a military coup was under way and that they were trying to forestall it ; they also said that their attempts to surrender had been ignored and that at least four of their comrades had been tortured and killed . |
| 4 | He knows the pressures that we are under and that I am trying to do my best to improve some of the apparent weaknesses . |
| 5 | ‘ Because it suits me for Louis to believe I have problems , and that I 'm trying to forget them in the arms of an attractive young woman I 'm not willing to share . ’ |
| 6 | It seems clear that the Crown had greater powers of nomination in the more newly established institutions , that within all departments it was more likely to nominate to the most recently created offices , and that it was trying , with some measure of success , to extend its powers . |
| 7 | ‘ We had a band chat and for ages we were saying we should not do merchandising at all , because it is a sign that you are a really big band and that you are trying to cash in . |
| 8 | The fact that you have thought things through instead of just feeling totally inadequate and that you are trying to do something about it should help you feel more positive . |
| 9 | Nuadu could see that her fingers were gone now , and that she was trying to pull herself back into the heartwood , which would have been her dwelling and the place from which she drew sustenance and vitality , but the Robemaker made another of his sudden curt gestures and the slaves fell to their work again , sweat streaming from their half-clad bodies and Nuadu saw the heartwood splinter and fall apart . |
| 10 | There was a limit to what she could make out , given the angle and that she was trying to see the page upside-down , but what she saw was enough to confirm that this book , or perhaps its predecessor for the previous year , had the potential to tell her exactly what she most needed to know . |