Example sentences of "trying [to-vb] [pron] [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hidden charges on bank accounts are not helpful to anyone trying to see what is happening to their money . |
| 2 | Howard peers over the shoulders of the people in front of him , trying to see what 's going on . |
| 3 | ‘ I have been trying to elicit what is happening in Scotland . |
| 4 | This is adequate if one is simply trying to calculate who is receiving certain benefits , such as old-age pensions , from official sources , but if we are seeking a realistic conception of who is and who is not a dependant or a net contributor to the economy in a broader sense such definitions are not helpful ( Grundy , 1986 , p. 13 ) . |
| 5 | They are just a part of trying to understand what 's going on inside me as Christmas draws near . |
| 6 | and I think , you know , I mean , it 's not how we feel , we 're trying to understand what is saying to us |
| 7 | The cross-fertilisation between formulating problems and collecting data is of central importance in participant observation when the researcher spends several months ‘ in the field ’ trying to understand what is going on . |
| 8 | It 's about trying to understand what is going on , almost through the eyes of the participants themselves . |
| 9 | Of all the things I 'd got up to in my time , I never thought I 'd be stitched for trying to return someone 's stolen property . |