Example sentences of "just trying to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're just trying to be clever , and that 's not too clever in itself , you know . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Well , I always thought I was just trying to be abstract , in some form or fashion , just trying to get something different . |
| 3 | That was when I was about fourteen and then I went through a stage of listening to Al Di Meola , people like that , just trying to be a better guitarist . |
| 4 | It will be no good just trying to aimlessly follow the action and then flop into a maul . |
| 5 | She is usually just trying to be friendly and helpful and supportive when the love crazed imbecile is trying to explain that his wife does n't understand him … ( yawn ) . |
| 6 | When women complain about men calling them by endearment terms , it is often thought rather silly — the men are just trying to be friendly , after all , they do not intend any sexist slur . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ I was just trying to be hard or something . |
| 8 | I was just trying to be funny , like Ben . |
| 9 | ‘ John , you 're just trying to be shocking , ’ said Jannie . |
| 10 | Not vanity ; just trying to be helpful . |
| 11 | I 'm just trying to ’ |
| 12 | She was just trying to be awkward . |
| 13 | Well I 'm not arguing for the exclusion of eleven , I 'm just trying to er give a balanced interpretation as to how it should be assessed . |
| 14 | We all know he still fancies her he 's just trying to , you know keep it he 's just trying to forget it and try and act as normal as possible with her and hopefully things will get back to be back to what , what they were . |
| 15 | I 'm just trying to cos he offered me a drink and I said no . |
| 16 | Well she were there for two hours just trying to . |