Example sentences of "i [be] trying to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm trying to be honest about him , and about myself . |
| 2 | I 'm trying to be nice . |
| 3 | And I 'm trying to be serious today . ’ |
| 4 | I 'm not being coy ; I 'm trying to be useful . |
| 5 | Yes and they they provided me with boxes of tapes and batteries and eh Walkman and so on and so forth and eh , I 'm trying to be conscientious . |
| 6 | I 'm trying to be calm and … and helpful for us all round . ’ |
| 7 | I 'm trying to be clear . |
| 8 | ‘ I was trying to be polite . |
| 9 | I put it on the arm on the chair , I was trying to be clever and I sat down and it had like material there and I caught the material and I just sort , all fell down here , it 's a lovely smell . |
| 10 | I was trying to be cool , but the statues were not funny to me . |