Example sentences of "[vb base] been try for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and I 've been trying for ages but there just has n't been any cos |
| 2 | I 've been trying for days , though , I 'm coming over tomorrow . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Murray said : ‘ We have been trying for months to sign the right sort of player to replace Joe Allon . |
| 5 | Great local artists like Gilberto Gil have been trying for years to promote their country 's music , but ( as with the African-music boom ) it has taken the combination of an enthusiastic American super-star and cosmopolitan French audiences to really make the change . |
| 6 | We have been trying for years , centuries , to establish this and it is only because of help from outside that we have been able to do it now . |
| 7 | Scientists have been trying for years to realize the potential of hydrogen , but they have been thwarted by the problem of storing the gas , which is highly explosive and needs to be kept in high-pressure containers . |
| 8 | In these , soldiers have been tried for manslaughter or , if negligence can be proved , for murder . |