Example sentences of "i [be] trying " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I been trying to think all the way back , but I ca n't figure it out . |
| 2 | My girlfriend and I are trying to compile a new guidebook for the Clwyd area and would appreciate details of any new route information your readers might have . |
| 3 | Aycliffe and I are trying for a way to have the will stand . |
| 4 | Ruth and I are trying to get these done especially when that ship went up you looked like the Keystone Cops , did n't I , we went one back in there ! |
| 5 | so she him put him straight through and then goes , Mr Smith , erm , my name 's Mike , er , you do n't know me , but I 'm a graphic designer and er , my wife and I are trying to emigrate to Canada , and erm , I 'd like you to send me some business and give me two free tickets for it . |
| 6 | Can you see the point I am trying to make ? |
| 7 | The point I am trying to make from all this is that to win a karate bout needs two things — your ability to defeat the opponent and the referee panel 's ability to recognise your superior performance . |
| 8 | The extra energy not being allowed to be expressed as an increase in c appears as a commensurate increase in f , that is : ( formula included ) where m is the photon equivalent mass ( yes I know it is related to E but I am trying not to confuse myself ) , E is the energy , and h is Mr Plank 's claim to fame . |
| 9 | I would agree that the doors of the English department should not remain closed to theoretical challenges , and in this book I am trying to respond to them . |
| 10 | Ask yourself what these three poets in your experience of them have in common , and in answering that you will get near to the quality I am trying to isolate . ’ |
| 11 | Do you understand what I am trying to tell you , that I was filled with distaste for everything ? |
| 12 | ‘ I am trying to give people information about what 's happening inside their system , ’ he explains . |
| 13 | ‘ I am trying to give people information about what 's happening inside their system'PHOTOGRAPH : MANNI MASONS . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 15 | I am trying — I mean I know I let the boys lean too much . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I am not protecting the Communists or the party , ’ he said , ‘ I am trying to , and I will , protect my sense of myself . ’ |
| 17 | Is n't that the very thing I am trying to prevent ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ He knows I am trying to escape , ’ I announced , abruptly , glad to be here again . |
| 19 | ‘ Everyone would say I am trying to cash in on Kylie , ’ she said ‘ But I 'm not . ’ |
| 20 | I am trying to save the people , doing my best to cross over into Canada before the soldiers find us . |
| 21 | Now , as a scientist , I am trying to repair that damage . |
| 22 | What I am trying to do is identify genetic potential long before the birth of the infant , and therefore long before he has been affected by his environment . |
| 23 | I am trying to give you hard facts , tell you how the traits of human personality are carried from parents to offspring , tell you accurately how the environment modifies inherited characteristics . |
| 24 | And he warned Zborowski not to expect too much : ‘ I am trying to do some landscapes ’ , he wrote . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | To teach herself to handle thought , she made it a practise never to permit herself to touch a brush until she could answer these questions , in writing , in the fewest possible words : ‘ What attracted me to this subject ? ’ 'Why do I want to paint it ? ’ 'What is the thing I am trying to express ? ’ |
| 27 | One couplet sums up what I am trying to say . |
| 28 | The picture I am trying to convey , and it is one which is borne on me with passionate intensity almost every time I enter a primary school class , is of rigid and often unsuitable instruments ( the centralised curriculum plan , textbooks , methods of assessment ) imposed in situations where they do not apply or where they apply only to a small number of individuals within a group . |
| 29 | I am trying to avoid going that far : it does keep the ear occupied , at least for its duration , even if it does n't drift back into your consciousness afterwards , and these are solid , lusty performances by the Camerata quartet , a young Polish group , in impressively immediate recordings . |
| 30 | Someone was , and probably is , with me , helping me in the little I am trying to do . |