Example sentences of "i be trying to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am not protecting the Communists or the party , ’ he said , ‘ I am trying to , and I will , protect my sense of myself . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ The only difference between us is that I am trying to be , and you ca n't help it . ’ |
| 3 | When I am trying to be stricter than usual with myself , I plan a really busy week so that I am out more than is customary . |
| 4 | So maybe I am adding things on as ‘ an afterthought ’ , but , if I ca n't be a designer , I am trying to be a good technician . |
| 5 | I am trying to be as kind as possible to the Minister . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I am trying to be , ’ said Suleiman modestly . |
| 7 | Erm I am trying to local plan , places much emphasis on the use of recycled materials to reduce the rate of gravel extraction in the county and the associated environmental damage . |
| 8 | I 'm trying to be clear . |
| 9 | And I 'm trying to be serious today . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I know , I 'm trying to , I ca n't , the power has been withdrawn . |
| 11 | I 'm trying to be calm and … and helpful for us all round . ’ |
| 12 | I 'm trying to be relaxed like Frank Edwards [ also of Repton ] and get a lazy jab like his . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm trying to , ’ Carrie said , so impatiently that she sounded , he thought , more like a cross girl his own age than his mother . |
| 14 | I 'm trying to be nice . |
| 15 | I 'm trying to be honest about him , and about myself . |
| 16 | I 'm not being coy ; I 'm trying to be useful . |
| 17 | And I 'm trying to I 've tried without success . |
| 18 | I 'm trying to remem you 've put me on the spot now . |
| 19 | ‘ Matthew , I 'm trying to be very understanding and modern about this , but I want you to realize that for women of my generation , it 's difficult to accept the prevailing mores . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You know very well what I 'm trying to — Ah , hell . ’ |
| 21 | Well I 'm trying to gen you know just as a generalization now . |
| 22 | Perhaps a working demonstration might highlight something I 'm trying to . |
| 23 | I 'm trying to I 'm trying to tie this this erm |
| 24 | No we get we get a lot of erm sort of similar questions I 'm no I 'm trying I 'm trying to be it 's only just me . |
| 25 | I 'm trying to , but I ca n't hear what she 's saying . |
| 26 | Ca can I just say one thing , though , if you me nip out , it 's not that I do n't want to listen to this , er , it 's in connection with the property er worries that er , Geoffrey said , I 've got to sign a lot of er , arm twisting letters , which I , they want me to sign today , so if I can take five minutes out to sign those , I hope you will not feel I 'm trying to er skive off , as it were . |
| 27 | ‘ I do — at least , I 'm trying to . |
| 28 | I mean some of our forms , I , I , I have n't worked out what they 're for yet , an , an , and I 'm trying to some run some competitions for the best er , use of , of one particular one , it may well be in this pack . |
| 29 | I think that the I think the question of that really , I 'm trying to , I ca n't quite frankly , I think that 's Mike Kirkham in this who particularly investigated that one , but I think that basically what we were really saying was on what I was saying earlier on is that if you make it too difficult for the employers , you 're going to take away the incentive to run a final salary scheme , you know that you know I think basically final salary pension schemes are good for the employee , you know , I think that was what our fundamental thinking of on that was . |
| 30 | I 'm trying to be very good but er I can only so much of that ! |