Example sentences of "[adj] i [be] trying " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the press read into that that I was trying to stare him out ! |
| 2 | Such as that I was trying to use the priesthood as an escape from my personal frustration , that I was dramatizing my own situation , that I was proud and vain , that my idea of Catholicism was up the creek . |
| 3 | Christ almighty I 'm trying as hard as I can ! |
| 4 | Get lost I 'm trying to do my chemistry prep . |
| 5 | Dad was still convinced I was trying to be something — a lawyer , I 'd told him recently , because even he knew that that doctor stuff was a wind-up . |
| 6 | Someone was , and probably is , with me , helping me in the little I am trying to do . |
| 7 | ‘ All I am trying to do now is prepare people for the breakthrough by introducing the concept and start discussions on how we address any problems which may result . ’ |
| 8 | All I am trying to show is that it is possible to improve your general health and your sense of well-being by paying greater attention to what you put into your mouth and body . |
| 9 | Gedge told The Legend ! in an NME interview in April 1986 : ‘ When we play live I can sometimes come across as glib or arrogant and find that people take exception to what I say when all I 'm trying to do is talk to the audience . ’ |
| 10 | All I 'm trying to do at the moment is to sort of get |
| 11 | All I 'm trying to tell you is how my account of how we tell the truth explains this fact , which apparently simpler accounts of how we tell the truth do n't do . |
| 12 | All I 'm trying to say is that the Brotherhood think they 're a law unto themselves . |
| 13 | All I 'm trying to do is to establish where your father 's Datsun was on that night , and then stop wasting your time . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ All I 'm trying to do is to find a solution to the problems we 're bound to run into if we 're living under the same roof , ’ she said stiffly . |
| 15 | All I 'm trying to say |
| 16 | ‘ It 's not like I 'm trying to get people on my side , but I do come across as likeable and vulnerable on stage . |
| 17 | Sure I 'm trying to earn the five grand , no harm in that , is there ? ’ |
| 18 | Oh very much so , yes new devotion , size , erm , it , it in one or two of these erm they gave me a definite feel and to a , to a , it new I was trying to write |