Example sentences of "trying [to-vb] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now we are trying to target some of the 8,000 existing businesses who should be looking to use our facilities . |
| 2 | Our tips — the Damon Wayans vehicle ‘ Mo Money or Ice-T and Ice Cube trying to go mainstream in The Looters |
| 3 | What I 'm interested in is trying to promote more of the sort of spontaneous collaboration , where shared interests emerge from an activity the children are engaged in , and they develop it together . |
| 4 | Carlson wondered if Kopyion knew which side he was on , and was trying to remain neutral in the conflict . |
| 5 | It is difficult not to sympathize with the frustrations of an obviously sincere cabinet member trying to remain loyal to the president while , at the same time , protecting the education service from the depre-dations of conservative extremists . |
| 6 | Nowadays the keen water gardener has become far more selective when purchasing waterlilies , either trying to obtain some of the rarer varieties or experimenting with some of the more recent introductions of nymphaea , especially some of the outstanding new varieties that have been produced in America . |
| 7 | I 'm simply trying to repair some of the damage caused by Maurice 's greed . ’ |
| 8 | Later I will be trying to explore some of the factors which influence our dispositions towards whether or not to commit crimes . |
| 9 | Anyone trying to escape undetected from the house , and heading for the village , would have to emerge from his cover at a point approximately half-way up the drive , or attempt to climb a very high wall . |
| 10 | I remember trying to help one of the sisters dress a badly wounded back — something I had never thought I could do . |
| 11 | They spun round and discovered Jennifer Gristy , who was trying to look invisible against the cliff face not ten yards from where they stood . |
| 12 | First Division strugglers County were trying to recoup most of the £225,000 they paid eight months ago to prise Wilson from Stamford Bridge . |
| 13 | Well surely we 're trying to do this in the way of neighbourhood watch |
| 14 | He was arrested trying to use one of the cards in a Pizza Hut restaurant in London 's Piccadilly . |
| 15 | He was arrested trying to use one of the cards in a Pizza Hut restaurant in London 's Piccadilly . |
| 16 | A lot of the dis discussion has clearly been erm trying to resolve some of the ambiguities in P P G seven er and I think perhaps different perception to what sort of countryside in North Yorkshire we are trying to safeguard through through policies . |
| 17 | Their bodies were discovered when friends who 'd been trying to contact one of the women became worried and called the police . |
| 18 | While he was trying to read one of the tail rotor struck it and anti-torque control was lost . |
| 19 | We were given a lot of work to prepare in our spare time and I remember trying to keep warm in the daytime in an overcoat and scarf while I wrote an essay or struggled with Latin composition . |
| 20 | He suggested several ways in which a group such as the Club could reduce the time members have to spend trying to keep up-to-date with the latest developments . |
| 21 | ‘ THE man and boy walked along the London street trying to keep clear of the gutter , the man hurrying , clutching the boy with sharp , bony fingers , turning down one dark alley then another like a rat that has learned its way through a maze . ’ |
| 22 | I am trying to save one of the most important men in England from a difficult situation . |
| 23 | ‘ I was trying to save some of the Guinness for you , but she hit me with my own stick . |
| 24 | He did not waste any energy in trying to break free of the mask , because he knew it to be pointless ; the Robemaker 's dark enchantments were seldom broken and he knew , as well , that there would be far worse torments ahead . |
| 25 | However , in Forster 's world , almost a hundred years after that of Jane Austen , women are trying to break free of the conventional mould . |
| 26 | Jinkwa had stopped trying to break free from the trap . |
| 27 | Mum looks momentarily surprised ; I think she 's trying to integrate this with the plot of Happy bloody Families . |
| 28 | They screwed up their eyes , trying to get used to the glare . |
| 29 | secondly , pursuing untrustworthy promoters or record companies , if necessary through the courts and on to the enforcement of judgements , deters other business people from trying to get rich at the expense of musicians . |
| 30 | For years I used to knit exactly the number of rows quoted in the instructions , especially when I was trying to get friendly with the machine . |