Example sentences of "[be] that i [be] trying " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The only difference between us is that I am trying to be , and you ca n't help it . ’
2 Can I put to you , Mrs , my problems as an inspector on this , and perhaps then you 'll understand you know why it is that I am trying to get this er all written material before the end of the enquiry .
3 ‘ The reason , Ranulf , ’ Corbett announced softly , his face only a few inches from his servant 's , ‘ is that I am trying to find out if , from some eighteen months ago , the ale-masters and tavern-keepers along this highway remember two foreigners , a young woman and her male companion .
4 In case you think I eat a lot I 'll reel you my standard excuse , which is that I 'm trying to put on weight for rugby .
5 I have a very vague idea of what this terrible crime is that I 'm trying to get to the bottom of , that you have rats in the basement of your best hotel , or you know , there 's a house falling down somewhere and you 've done absolutely nothing about a closing order , any of these kind of things , but I do n't know a lot about it .
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