Example sentences of "they 've been trying " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 've been trying all sorts of stuff , ’ said Angalo . |
| 2 | But if you can actually influence the French let us know because , or let the government know , because they , they 've been trying for years ever since Napoleon 's day , to try and do something . |
| 3 | They 've been trying to get the police on the cheap for too long , and blaming us , and now I think the tables are very reversed . |
| 4 | This council needs to take seriously crime prevention and crime detection and most of all fear of crime , and that 's why it 's become part of the policy committee 's concern , and I think that 's with the police committee 's agreement , for years they 've been trying to tell us to get involved in crime prevention , and from next year we 're going to do that . |
| 5 | Mrs Draper says they 've been trying to get a larger home for years . |
| 6 | They 've been trying to come to terms with what 's happened ever since . |
| 7 | They 've been trying to see about that lot where the boys ' grammar school is int they ? |
| 8 | They 've been trying to get him out for years and years ! |
| 9 | Lots of inquiries about Foster and Allen they 're coming on the programme later they 've just got number one for the first time with their new video with their new single I do n't know I 'm not quite sure we 'll find out when they get here well they 've just got number one for the first time and they 've been trying hard for a long time . |
| 10 | And it 's particularly , I think , acute in the parish of Saint Mary 's and Saint John 's because the vicarage has been empty for two years and erm they built a new house , it was more it was cheaper to build a new house than to do the old one up , but there it 's been sat , empty for two years , and erm they 've been trying to find a buyer . |
| 11 | They 've been trying to find alternative berths for incoming cargoes and negotiating the release of ships waiting to sail on the night time . |